I have two quick points.
I'm not on the committee, so these are simply recommendations for the steering committee. I think the motion sort of speaks to this, but one is to make sure that someone asks about the procedures that are in place to help businesses in smaller areas. I`m thinking of splitting of larger contracts, etc., to help businesses in rural areas.
The second point refers to the fact that the federal government has an aboriginal program to help access of aboriginal businesses to federal government procurement. If we could have someone from that program come to explain how that works, I think it would be useful.