Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wasn't sure if indeed I had any time left.
I have a question about the portal. I appreciate the value of it, but when you talk about a portal—and this is following on my colleague's earlier question—all well and good, in the description that you want a portal to come, one door to get into the room. It's all well and good, but if the room doesn't actually have all of the furniture you need, then the portal is not going to do you a whole lot of good.
I really would like to ask Mr. Connell--and I recognize that you might have a bit of a difficulty politically, but I don't want an answer that it's actually all okay. I've certainly heard the same complaint from small businesses, that there are different things in different places. What I would really like to hear from you, to the extent that you have the responsibility for helping small and medium-sized businesses, are any suggestions that you might have for how OSMI can work more effectively with you.
It's great to pick up the phone and talk to each other, but business isn't getting that sense. Can you provide some ideas, some thoughts that might in fact improve that? I don't mean just your two departments, but also Public Works' responsibility, OSMI's responsibility for small business, and indeed yours. I would suggest that it is not just with your department, but to the extent that small business operates with the rest of the government.
If you have time, I'd like to hear your recommendations on improving the BC environment, given that a number of provincial governments have made significant steps in the last few weeks.