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

On October 6th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 6th, 2011 / 4:10 p.m.

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

Shereen Benzvy Miller

I'll be pleased to do that.

The process takes place in three stages. The first is carried out by our department. We verify the mandatory criteria. For example, we determine whether the proposal amounts to less than $500,000. That is the maximum amount allocated for a purchase. We also determine whether the innovation has already been commercialized, in which case the proposal is rejected. We determine whether the company is Canadian because this is a program intended solely for Canadian companies. We also determine whether the goods or services in question have 80% Canadian content.

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