Ms. Shereen Benzvy Miller at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 4th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 4th, 2011 / 5 p.m.

Director General, Acquisitions Branch - Office of Small and Medium Enterprises, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Shereen Benzvy Miller

Or over 70%.

The answer is no, I do not have specific figures, and that's partly because we have no lens into the third-party agreements. Those are commercially confidential figures. We have no way to know how much businesses contract out or what their supply chains look like. We don't have figures on that. But from our discussions with businesses, with all kinds of suppliers, I think there is a very healthy proportion that is obviously necessary as a result of supply chain needs.

We don't have a figure to give you.

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