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Government Operations committee Especially with the event organized for employees, we felt that it was the right moment to invest in bringing our colleagues together. First—
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee Again, this was a decision that was taken in a very serious manner for specific reasons. As I answered your colleague, we are highly responsible. I'm in front of you, saying it's my hope that we will not do this again.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee I hear you.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee We have part of the team that does business development, especially our teams in the field working directly with clients.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee What we did during the strategic review was not necessarily to think about the go-to market strategy for specific clients, but what the pandemic changed over two years and about the future of the SME ecosystem in Canada. It was not specifically around business development. It was to identify what the key pillars were in which we would invest.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee Going forward, as we did in the past, we will carefully respect the process around procurement with the rules we have.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee Again, I'm in front of you to say that we've respected the procurement process with all of the rules.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee I will say again that I'm in front of you to say that we did respect—
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee Again, we've respected our procurement process and we will continue to do so.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee I hear you, but it's not part of how we do things.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee On the purpose of the meeting, as it is part of BDC culture to bring all employees together, this time around, after 18 months of the pandemic and working from home—it was even more than 18 months; it was almost two years—we decided to organize an event where we would bring employees together physically across our offices across Canada and virtually with an interactive platform.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee No, that would not be aligned with how we do things.
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon
Government Operations committee Groceries. Is that what you said?
February 8th, 2023Committee meeting
Isabelle Hudon