Thank you for the question. As I mentioned, the annual reports issued from my office identify the concerns raised by federal suppliers through our outreach initiatives, where we go out and speak to as many suppliers across Canada as we can.
There's no question that from a supplier perspective what we've heard is that some of them find the process for submitting bids a little complicated. My counterpart at TBS talked about all the rules that have to be followed. Those rules do impose a burden on some suppliers I've spoken with in terms of being able to submit proposals that will be deemed successful or that can qualify as per the requirements.
In my most recent annual report, one of the things I mentioned in my message is the fact that when it comes to simplifying federal procurement, which is something that we've heard about from suppliers across the country in a number of instances, it is something that we need to work towards collectively. We need to make sure that we're providing some clarity so that people understand exactly what they're signing up for.