I will start and then ask one of my colleagues to join.
The procurement assistance program has been in flight for many years now. It has regional offices across Canada—six regional offices. Their remit is to work with Canadian SMEs to show them how to compete, to explain to them the process and to make sure they can register in the e-procurement system so that they see the competitions and so that they understand was bid documents look like.
We're doing a lot of work with them one-on-one. I think they reach out to about 50,000 suppliers a year. They work with other programs in the federal suite, like regional development agencies, to actually have a force multiplier to get them in the system and to set them up for success. Sometimes how we compete for federal procurement, how we bundle that procurement and how we look at a supply chain can be daunting. Earlier, we heard the ministers talk about national shipbuilding. That's a great a example, with a very Canadian frame, with a lot of Canadian suppliers.
As it relates to PAC in the future, I'll turn to my colleague.