Buy Canadian is the end of the world! It's an affront to all that is good and Free Market Holy! It's...

...current federal policy in the shipbuilding sector!

In an e-mail, Mr. MacKay's office said that any shipbuilding projects to stimulate the economy were already announced in the Canada First defence strategy a year ago. "The government believes that the Buy Canada Policy will return enormous economic benefits," spokesman Jay Paxton said. That policy, which requires federal vessels be built in Canada, has been in place under Liberal and Tory governments.

Mind you, the shipbuilding example isn't exactly an example of a successful policy when the Cons aren't following through on their promised spending in the sector. But that's more a symptom of the Cons' continued inability to find their own ass with a map and a flashlight than an indictment of the concept of making sure that purchasing by the federal government benefits Canadian industry.