The appellant, a U.S. corporation, submitted a bid for a military procurement contract.
When another bidder was awarded the contract, the appellant filed a complaint with the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) alleging violations of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).
The CITT ruled the appellant had standing, but the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the ruling.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, holding that non-Canadian suppliers do not have standing before the CITT to bring a complaint under the AIT, as the AIT is a domestic free trade agreement and its procurement provisions apply only to Canadian suppliers.
