Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Cheechoo, in your remarks you said a couple of things that struck me about the challenges faced by indigenous women entrepreneurs. You mentioned specifically access to credit, systemic poverty, and access to technology. Furthermore, you said there's a perception of federal government procurement as being about dealing with a large—I think you said—nameless, faceless bureaucracy that's difficult to reach.
On the one hand, the barriers you identified also suggest there are probably barriers to being able to bid on private sector contracts, not just government contracts. Can you identify what the specific barriers are, since we're dealing with government procurement? What are some specific barriers in government itself that you could maybe help us identify so that we may be able to make recommendations to deal with them?