I think on one side they are, but I must admit that I didn't know about OSME. I started my second company in 2007. We only met up with OSME at about the same time as the CICP hit, or maybe a month before, in October 2010, and I think we went to the course in November 2010.
The landscape in Canada has not really changed. The markets essentially were topsy-turvy in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, we said that maybe we should do some services work for the government as our products catch fire in the market with customers. That's when we started looking at the whole procurement thing.
My experience with government now is as an entrepreneur for 13 years, and I still think it's very difficult for SMEs to sell products to the government. I think a lot more could be done to help SMEs navigate and understand how to win some of these contracts, but that would be my....
I'm sorry. It's a mixed answer and a little bit political.