Thank you.
I want to support Mr. Whalen's suggestion. I'm not a regular member of this committee. I might try to come back and hear that testimony from Justice and Transport, because it sounds, from what we've heard, that there is a duty to consult that is invoked when the government imposes policies that block development, yet there were steps taken to block that development without any consultation. That's something I think would certainly concern a lot of Canadians and deserves further consideration.
I have a couple of other points where I want to pick up a bit of a different direction.
Mr. Duschenes, you spoke about some of the work your department is doing around procurement and working with aboriginal businesses. I've been told that our numbers are quite low in terms of procurement from aboriginal business; in fact, they are significantly lower than many private sector proponents that work with indigenous communities.
Could you speak to the present reality of procurement involving aboriginal business, of the goals the government has and what the strategy is to achieve those goals?