We'll reconvene the meeting then.
We're back in order, colleagues, pursuing our study of the federal government's procurement process, in particular with respect to small and medium-sized enterprises.
At this point, we are delighted to have as a witness Mr. Joseph Jordan, who is the associate administrator of government contracting and business development with the United States Small Business Administration.
I understand that following the election and inauguration of the new President there has been some turnover in much of the U.S. administration, and there are a number of people in the administration there who have come in with a whole lot of experience. We're delighted to have them assist us today with many of these issues.
Mr. Jordan, our Canadian infrastructure dealing with small business is probably a lot less robust than the American model, so we're very interested to hear how your model is operating and any advice you can give us as we address this continuing question of how we manage to allow small businesses to compete with the big businesses in federal government procurement, stimulate the small business sector, and stimulate innovation, etc. Anyway, I understand you'll be able to make a presentation.