In October 2007, you were invited by Michael Fortier, who was then the Minister of Public Works, to attend a meeting about his very commendable objective of granting 40% of the dollar value of government contracts to SMEs. Since then, if I understand correctly, neither you nor other businesses you know have noted any marked increase in the number of contracts awarded to SMEs in western Canada.
On April 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.