That's a fair question.
Specifically to our office, along with the questions where we put to deputy heads a request to put language about our services in contracts, solicitations and regret letters, we also conducted a survey about what types of activities those departments are doing specifically related to diverse suppliers. Again, that survey was conducted almost two years ago. The results were not overwhelming, but what we have seen is a renewed focus in this area. As you heard in my opening remarks, we've done four diversity summits, and each year we're seeing more progress being made.
This year, Public Services and Procurement Canada announced that there is a departmental focused social procurement policy, so that will actually enable data collection in a much more meaningful way. Before that, there wasn't really that requisite level of policy coverage to collect the data, and that now exists. We are hopeful that this tool itself will improve the data.
It is something that I mention with regularity and it impacts all decision-making associated with how to improve systemic barriers for diverse suppliers.