Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for coming today. I'm hoping for a speedy recovery for the minister so she could join us next.
I'm going to be focusing on e-procurements, so I'm not sure whether it would be Mr. Perron or Mr. Thompson. Okay, great, it's Mr. Thompson.
Mr. Thompson, in supplementary estimates (C), the department allocated about $21.6 million to continue to support the e-procurement solution project. Could you talk about the purpose of this funding? By way of background, could you talk about what the e-procurement project is all about, and how it is facilitating the use and inclusivity of the federal procurement process?
This is something that is within the mandate of the minister. I am really interested, if you could explore that angle for me.