Government Operations committee  In our sector of photocopiers, it's impossible, because the prices are there. There's a freeze, and it's impossible.

Government Operations committee  The people in the best position to answer you are the government employees themselves; they'll answer you. They definitely won't do it before a committee like this one, but most of them who are studying all this information often find that there's too much of it. Mr. Nadeau refe

Government Operations committee  Perhaps I could add a single comment.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I simply want to add, as I said earlier, that paperwork could be reduced. When we request accreditation, the paperwork is enormous. That would obviously help government officials, but it would especially help small and medium-size enterprises. Thank you.

Government Operations committee  With the reverse auction system, we would virtually have had to terminate our relations with the federal government because it would have been impossible to operate that way. I said earlier that it can take up to three months to train our technicians so that they have thorough k

Government Operations committee  You're talking about the reverse auction system?

Government Operations committee  The machine approval process is fairly lengthy. We agree that it's serious, but we have to complete a lot of reports, which we think are somewhat pointless, in many cases. We feel that these reports will be shelved, but government officials have no choice; they have to request th

Government Operations committee  It varies from 18 to 30 months.

Government Operations committee  We could replace it with another model, if it's approved by the specialists.

Government Operations committee  That's correct.

Government Operations committee  That's correct, but there has to be a good reason for it, and it has to be approved. It's not automatic.

Government Operations committee  Good morning. I want to thank you for this opportunity to express my concerns about the changes that may be made to the federal government's procurement process. First, I'd briefly like to describe my business. I represent SMEs working in the same sector as my business, but I