Thank you, Ms. saint pierre.
I listened to you, and I'm listening to you now, and sometimes I wonder whether there is in Public Works and Government Services the same disconnect that I see in other departments, where the upper echelons are not aware of what is really going on. We hear from the industry and they're saying they haven't been consulted, and yet you're saying, “We are consulting. We are continuing to consult.”
I hope we can make that mesh, because I think it's very important that we don't put aside the small and medium enterprises, which really are the innovation and really much of what goes on--they drive the economy.
I put that to you because too often as chair of this committee I run into that disconnect between the upper echelons and the actual people who are doing the work. And are they really doing what you think they're doing?
I'll give you half a second to answer that, and then I'll go to Mr. Proulx, because it's a very big concern of mine, and it's something that I've seen across government over the years.
I'm asking her the question, so she can try to answer.