Government Operations committee  Some of the items will take a longer period of time to fully implement. We are making progress on the majority of them. I'd be happy to get back among those which were able to be implemented in short order and how many—

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think this is one on which I don't want to get too detailed, but we are in the process of implementing a new electronic procurement system. Within the electronic procurement system—

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I would like to clarify. We are doing procurements with women-owned businesses. We are doing procurement with indigenous-owned businesses. We're doing procurements with diverse businesses. As we implement a new electronic procurement system, we are making efforts to make sure we collect the information that, going forward, will enable us to more accurately track in real time the volume of that procurement.

Government Operations committee  Again, Mr. Chair, the implementation of our systems is very complex. It's a multi-year process to do that, and we do now have the systems in place. Another dimension is that collecting the information on the identity of business owners requires a careful analysis of privacy considerations, ensuring that we're safeguarding the collection of that important private personal information within our systems.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. I believe we're making progress on the majority of those—

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I would like to thank the committee for giving me the opportunity to speak to Public Services and Procurement Canada’s commitment to diversity in procurement in my role as the assistant deputy minister of procurement.