I have two questions, and the first one is for Mr. Connell.
Based on the statistics we have here, the country is awash in SMEs. We have all kinds of healthy SMEs. You have a bird's-eye view. You've been in your present position for half a dozen years. In a general way, would you agree that federal government procurement is important, very important, extremely important, or not important at all to SMEs across the country?
I'm pretty sure my colleagues and I in the House take the view that it is really, really important. But I'd like your view from Industry Canada--and it doesn't have to be a political answer. I hope it'll be an answer from a professional looking across the whole thing. I'm looking at regional economic benefits and the economy itself. How important, generally, in a relative sense, is this field of procurement to our SMEs across the country?