You have to understand that as SMEs we're taking time away from our jobs to do this on behalf of all SMEs. I in particular met with my MP, Pierre Poilievre, several months ago, and he actually issued the letter to Minister Fortier, which I never heard anything back on. It was basically outlining the concerns I have as an employee of an IT consulting company here in Ottawa regarding the shared services contract bundling initiative. I haven't heard anything back. The only thing I ever saw was the MERX June 6 update that basically said they were going to award points now for bidders that have a strategic plan to engage SMEs as subcontractors, which is not what we were expecting to see.
On June 17th, 2008. See this statement in context.