Mr. David Schwartz at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

I would like to clarify that.

In fact, our sector purchases various kinds of vehicles, parts, construction materials, and so on. The construction and maintenance of federal government buildings represents about $5.4 billion of the $7.8 billion annually.

In addition, 72 per cent of the contracts associated with purchases made by my sector, which amount to $7.8 billion a year, on average, are awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises.