Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the minister and her department for being here today. I really appreciate you guys taking the time for us to pose some questions.
I'll get to the supplementary estimates soon, but I want to ask you a question, Minister, about your mandate letter. You were charged with modernizing procurement and making it more open and accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises. I am from Ottawa and the national capital region, and I do represent a lot of SMEs. It's important that they procure and do business with the government.
How will you modernize this so that SMEs can participate in the procurement process?