Okay. I'm going to be very brief and cut down the statement that was distributed to all of you.
I think most of you know about Public Works and Government Services Canada, the number of transactions we do per year, and the amount of money we spend on behalf of the Government of Canada--in the order of $17 billion a year. Today I would like to focus on the parts of Bill C-2 that touch on the procurement auditor. I would also like to quickly talk about the code of conduct and the impact of what we're doing on SMEs.
As you know, the Federal Accountability Act will create a new position of procurement auditor, with a mandate to review procurement practices across the--