Some small and medium-size businesses want to sell their services to the federal government. I live here in the region. The representatives of at least two businesses have told me that their chances were not as good because their businesses were located in Gatineau, not in Ottawa. These people have kept their businesses in Gatineau, but have opened an office in Ottawa. I don't know whether they did it to be more accessible and more visible, but the fact of being in Ottawa rather than Gatineau has enabled them to do better business. As the minister said when he appeared, changing postal codes is unacceptable. I'd like to know whether complaints in that regard have been filed by small and medium-size businesses.
