Government Operations committee  I'll try to be short because I think the others should weigh in. Again, our members view this from a particular perspective. They are companies that are used to dealing with very large entities that have very particular requirements in order to supply them. The government in tha

Government Operations committee  Again, my experience with this certainly comes directly from living the dream and having worked for different governments and seen what worked and what didn't. You're right. It's a difficult question. I know that Public Services and Procurement Canada is working on it and looking

Government Operations committee  I have two four-letter words: BCIP and, well, it's SBIR in the United States but innovative solutions Canada. It's only a three-letter word in Canada. I think those are two programs, without going into the details, that are squarely aimed at solving that problem. I encourage you

Government Operations committee  How long do I have? Bottom line is that it has to be a priority amongst the other top priorities, but it has to be a priority for procurement officials to get people paid on time. I'll give you a very quick example, two different examples. One, you submit a claim that has a sma

Government Operations committee  We have, perpetually, continuously, and on an ongoing basis.

Government Operations committee  No, not at all. There's lots of very interesting discussion, but as we talked about around the table, it's not a simple fix. It's not a simple system, and, as you said, there's.... To go back to Mr. Shipley's question, look at the incentives. If you look at an OEM big aerospace