Thank you very much.
For indigenous businesses that are bidding directly on government work, what are some of the principal barriers? Are there challenges that come with that? I know I've heard for some —particularly smaller companies—that this can be the case, including in Manitoba. The bonds that you have to put up, for instance, for certain government contracts are a barrier because they don't have the cash on hand for a bond; or they can't file multiple bids at the same time, not knowing which one they might get, because they have to put up everything they have for one bond.
Are there things like that within the general process that are barriers for indigenous business?