Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Clark, welcome. It's always great to have a Hamilton perspective, but especially from, as you noted earlier, a very successful, long-standing small to medium-sized family-owned business that's done terrific things from an employment perspective in the city of Hamilton. I appreciate your providing testimony today.
To date, we've largely looked at some of the internal controls related to how the procurement process works between ministries, and the steps and layers it takes for a contract not just to be let but also to be awarded.
One of the questions I have asked some other witnesses is regarding when and where industry should be a part of that procurement process through those steps. We've talked about, in some cases, the lack of communication and the need for more transparency.
With your experience with these contracts, where do you see industry? How does industry play a role in terms of providing some advice all through that process?