Canada spending $307M to buy new army rifles from Colt

The federal government is buying 30,000 made-in-Canada assault rifles for the Canadian Army from Colt Canada in a $307 million procurement deal.

CHEK
Are there no non-american options??
I’m very sure there are, but fewer bribes lobbiests from Europe have our governments ear/pocketbook.
Colt Canada is owned by CZ now. Czech, not American.