Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the ombudsman for being here today.
My riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour has many defence-related companies, from start-ups right to huge defence contractors. These smaller companies are innovating some really brilliant tech, and as they're scaling up, of course, they're looking to bid on some Canadian contracts, hopefully. From the issues that you've audited or investigated, what could we do as a government specifically to streamline and make it simpler to help these smaller companies take part in the Canadian government procurement process?