Government Operations committee  No, it probably wouldn't make a huge difference.

Government Operations committee  One of our questions and something we have been pushing for a long time has to do with the idea of data accumulation and understanding what kind of information is being used to make the policy decisions they are making. When it comes to small business, it's not well understood.

Government Operations committee  I would love to see a lot more detail around it. It's the first time we've heard that kind of information. I know that's partly because we've been pushing hard to get that kind of information out of OSME, so I'm glad to hear that they're actually looking at the value a little bit

Government Operations committee  The idea of the OSME is something we support. We were actually part of the launch of the OSME because we believe there is some necessity for an outreach to small and medium-sized companies so they can better understand that process. So I do think part of the problem is that they

Government Operations committee  Yes, we have met with the ombudsman a few times. We are feeling very optimistic about the role of the ombudsman and what the ombudsman might be able to achieve. Unfortunately it took a long time to get into place. I think they're still trying to get it properly set up, but we are

Government Operations committee  It's tough to get information out to small and medium-sized companies. We have in the past worked with OSME in trying to get information out, and with other business organizations. The big thing that came out of our research was that small businesses say that you have to go to

Government Operations committee  No. We haven't supplied it to them yet. As I was saying, we haven't published this data yet. This is the first time.

Government Operations committee  They already have it.

Government Operations committee  Yes, it's never an easy thing.

Government Operations committee  We were already planning a meeting.

Government Operations committee  I'm sorry I have to leave, but thank you.

Health committee  Thank you very much, and thanks for the opportunity to be here today. I must stress at the outset that I'm not a safety expert, nor do I know the details of all the standards, practices, and regulations of the many thousands of businesses my organization represents. But what I c

Health committee  I was simply going to say that when you think about a small business that imports, there needs to be some assistance from government, perhaps, to say that these are the types of companies that are available to you that do or do not have the right products. I think a combination h

Health committee  Absolutely. There needs to be much better communication of where they need to go, what standards are expected, how they can go about figuring that out, and if there needs to be testing there's help on where that testing has to be done, such as for lead in a product.

Health committee  Sure. Labeling would be, I think, a big issue for small and medium-sized companies, simply because it would bring a level of complexity into the system. Our big issue when it comes to new legislation or regulations or policies is that we need to make sure that we're measuring t