Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for the question.
We've talked about my organization, Procurement Assistance Canada. It has the mandate to aid small and medium-sized businesses to participate in federal procurement and to support efforts to increase supplier diversity in the federal base.
As mentioned, recognizing that there is a diversity across the country, Procurement Assistance Canada has a network of six regional offices that we were able to leverage to work closely with community partners to help them secure the support they need. We also establish partnerships with key players in the regions and we're able to put in place different types of supports, including educational supports. We provide direct assistance and we do webinars. All of this is with the goal of helping these different communities to be more comfortable in their ability to actively participate in federal procurement.
Our intent at the end of the day is to have these different businesses ready to bid and confident that they can participate in federal procurement.