Yes, it would be a lot simpler.
I was here when Ron Irwin introduced this procurement strategy. It wasn't very effective for a lot of years. Then, when the government came in and put in targets and timetables, it started to work. The problem was that the database of businesses was contaminated right from the start. The fact that the minister said that there are 1,100 that they just kicked out of the database says something about that database as a whole.
In the United States, they created these sector councils. It was Nixon who brought in section 8(a), the business and procurement requirements for minorities, and they created 49 different business councils that do verification of companies. We brought in the Canadian Aboriginal Minority Supplier Council. We were there when we set it up, and it does verification of minority businesses and indigenous businesses. There's a way to self-regulate it, and Lorne has a point of view on this that's important.