Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank all the witnesses for appearing today. It is a study that I believe is extremely important, as I have heard comments from the SME community on this. Some are great comments and some are not so great. Some say that they're being pushed out of procurement opportunities, and that they have to deal mainly with prime contractors. I think it's important for us to get your thoughts on that.
As technology moves rapidly, part of my question, starting probably with Treasury Board, is about what are some of the policies to shorten the procurement cycle. We know that technology changes so fast that if our procurement strategy can't keep up we'll keep buying old technology, and not necessarily IT, but other aspects of what the Government of Canada buys. I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on how we can promote the shortening of the procurement cycle.