Thank you, that answers my question. Public Works and Government Services Canada defines an SME as an enterprise with 500 employees or less. That is what you mentioned in your document, in the answer you provided. If foreign suppliers are removed, 98 percent of the business establishments in Canada which are small and medium enterprises with fewer than 100 employees receive 49 percent of the contracts.
In the table you provided, you say that SMEs are firms with 500 employees or less. That does not answer my question. For example, does that mean that 30 percent of these contracts are awarded to firms with 400 or 500 employees? That is my question. We have been told that 98 percent of Canadian businesses have fewer than 10 employees.