Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Meegwetch, Ms. Leach.
With regard to the 5% for procurement that you mentioned—and you said you're only reaching the 1% threshold—can you tell us if there are any expectations? Is there a plan in place to raise that to the next year, or is it just a matter of, oh well, we missed it again this year, so hopefully we'll make it next year? Can you bank that set-aside for a following year? That would be another logical plan, for over five to 10 years, to raise it to that threshold. It just seems to me like a hollow promise if it's 5%, and then we don't do much to make it to 5%, and we hang about, lurking around the 1% to 4%.
I'm from Windsor, Ontario. I'm very familiar with the United States. They actually have hard set-aside numbers for large infrastructure projects. We finally got some money for my riding. The Gordie Howe bridge has a community investment fund. It was a very modest amount, but anyway it was the first time it was done.
I'm almost out of time. Lastly, tell us what happens when you miss the thresholds. What's the next step then?