Thank you for the question.
I will submit that to you in writing, because I don't have it across all departments, but I can tell you, for example, that in Indigenous Services Canada, where we have a bit of a leg up with relationships with indigenous peoples, it's at 18%.
These are significant numbers. They're generating wealth for communities. That's the piece that sometimes gets lost in this conversation. It's not just something that's nice to have; this is about helping communities have economic self-determination.
What does that mean? It means that if the Government of Canada is funding a fire hall, for example, and if the community wants to add two more bays and two more trucks, it doesn't have to work directly with the department to do that. It has the economic freedom to be able to do this. Isn't that what we're all about—economic freedom?
These procurement targets are playing a really important role in helping the Government of Canada turn its head to new business partners to fulfill some of the contracts of the Government of Canada. It also opens doors to new companies that may have never seen themselves as being able to secure a customer like the Government of Canada.
I can tell you that in just nine years of having been here, whether it's for grants, for procurement or in other kinds of relationships with the Government of Canada that generate revenue for an organization or for a company, oftentimes it is relationship-driven. There are obviously criteria that have to be met. There are contests and procurement processes, but a trusted partner is something that I think is valuable. When companies get a foot in the door, then they can start to establish their reliability as strong companies from which to procure. I don't want to lose that.
I think it's really important that you asked that question. Thank you.