Thank you for the question.
As was mentioned, the procurement policy highlights and encourages, in fact, broader considerations for socio-economic and environmental considerations within procurement. This means that departments are actively encouraged, under the Treasury Board's policies, to look at how they can incorporate manners and approaches that will allow the participation of, particularly, small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises in the procurement process. For example, there are requirements to unbundle so that smaller companies can participate in individual requirements, rather than bringing something together that allows only large multinational companies to participate.
This is something we've taken an active policy position to support, and I know that a number of initiatives and programs are in place, particularly within Public Services and Procurement Canada, regarding social procurement, which they may wish to speak to.