Government Operations committee  The first assessment is to see the progress of the bill and to look to Treasury Board and others to establish the framework in which we would look at community benefits.

Government Operations committee  This figure is PSPC-specific, so it's 80% of the contract transactions that go to SMEs.

Government Operations committee  I can answer for PSPC. For PSPC, about 35% of the procurement that PSPC does, as you know, is complex procurement, so 35% of the value goes to SMEs.

Government Operations committee  Not necessarily to focus the discussion on the pilot, but what is appealing about agile methodology I think goes to your question on how we can shorten the process. Agile procurement means that we work with the SMEs, with the sector, to figure out what the issue is. We have a c

Government Operations committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. Thank you for inviting me to be with you today. I am the assistant deputy minister for the acquisition program at Public Services and Procurement Canada. Accompanying me is Mr. Desmond Gray, the director general of the office of sma