Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, folks, for being here today.
I represent the communities of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour, and we have an amazing group of defence contractors—some smaller groups, some small start-ups. They're mostly small defence-related companies.
During testimony on this study, we've heard from industry and we've also heard from the ombudsman about these smaller companies and how they feel that they're at a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to taking part in government defence procurement.
With so much innovation in Canada in the defence sector by smaller companies and start-ups, I'm interested in knowing whether —and, again, I'm focusing on the smaller companies—other than from the testimony for this committee, you folks are aware of those concerns.