Elyse and I haven't designed the procurement programs. We haven't had the time. We talk about challenges, and we talk about recommendations.
I will tell you, I started this business, NRStor. I'm a developer of energy storage projects. My first success was when I got a three-year contract with the IESO for a flywheel installation in Ontario. That gave me the credibility to go to BDC and get a loan for half of that capital. I paid it off before it was due.
That started me, honest to God; it allowed me to go to the next project. It allowed me to invest in other stuff. This is how it actually works. It gave me the confidence to go look for money. For one of the companies we had, I had to go to Switzerland to get the capital. I got my equity in Canada from LiUNA, which is a great labour union pension fund, but I had to go to Switzerland to get the money for the expense, $120 million.
Again, it's building that. If I have a contract, if women-owned businesses have contracts to support that, that really accelerates it. There are situations where people get one-year contracts. I realize that, but maybe in the set-aside you can define what's in that set-aside and figure out how to allocate it.