As far as I can tell the opposition is driven by Blackberry who want to exclude foreign ocmpanies so they can bid for the contract without any competition.<p>Proof? One of the BB founders got the front page of the Globe (Canada's national paper) to decry Google and conclude that only Canadian companies should be allowed to bid, without ever disclosing that BB was working on a competing product. The BB product was announced a couple of months later.<p>I think it was one of the most dishonest things I've ever seen in the Globe (which is otherwise a pretty good paper).<p>Imagine how BB could roast Canadian taxpayers if they could exclude foreign companies!