I have read some of the evidence in the past that Shereen Miller has given. She talked about how a large percentage of contracts go to SMEs already. In the case of the shipbuilding and repair industry, I can tell you that on the west coast, one large multinational does about 80% of the work. That figure was before FELEX was announced and before the submarine program was announced. That figure will rise: 90% to 100% of the work will go to one multinational. OSME needs to have a mandate to look at where the government spends its money and where SMEs are missing out.
If you look at the west coast of Canada, or the east coast for that matter, there are large amounts of money spent in the defence industry, specifically in the navy. That is where OSME should be looking at where the government spends its money. If it spends a large majority of its money in one area, then they should be looking at whether SMEs are well represented. They're not. They're certainly not well represented in the shipyard and marine repair industry.