Thank you, Chair.
This committee is reviewing a list of contracts given as part of the indigenous procurement program. Some of these companies do seem to follow the GC Strategies model. That is, they are very small firms based in private homes in Ottawa—not on reserves, but in Ottawa—who advertise a specialty in government contracts management. In other words, they're in the business of simply getting contracts and subcontracting.
Do you think the government should be contracting out to firms who use the GC Strategies model?