Another question I have is about one of the issues we talked about in our last meeting, the mobility within the public service. And one of the issues that seemed to come forward was the building of silos between departments. I know that my colleague talked about this.
I worry sometimes that when we unbundle contracts, when we move away from an organized procurement process in government, it makes it more difficult. One of the issues that was raised was that when somebody moves from one part of the government to another part, there is a completely different system there. They have to learn everything over again, and it's really causing havoc with productivity. So I wonder if you could talk about that.
I know I don't have much time left, and I'm sorry for going quickly.
When larger companies get contracts.... From my own experience in setting up a constituency office, the contract that the House of Commons sent me was from Bell Canada, but the guy who actually did the work was a constituent of mine from about two kilometres away from my office. Unfortunately, he wasn't a supporter of mine; he supported the previous candidate.
But do your members not have the ability to subcontract, or are there no subcontracts when larger contracts are brought out by Public Works, or whoever, in government? Are you saying that your members never have the opportunity to work within a contract as subcontractors?