But, as of now, it is a tiny agency with 40 or so staff that sits squarely in the middle of a decades-long turf war over defence procurement between three giant government departments: McGuinty’s Department of National Defence (DND), which sets the technical demands for the kit; Joly’s Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), which is responsible for the Industrial and Technological Benefit policy; and Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), which has historically managed procurement.