FOSS and the election

[Fraser Campbell]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:

>>Require federal departments and agencies to transition to open
>>source or free software for general applications, and provide free
>>tech support to Canadian companies who also use this software.

I find the part following the comma quite odd.  Why should tax dollars 
be freely doled out to companies?  Not that it doesn't happen every day, 
but ...
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