Government Operations committee  Definitely.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  No. I would agree. You know, Mary and I represent women-owned businesses, but we always say that because we're the strongest and have the largest groups, we also sort of sub-represent the other communities. That's what the other communities would use as well, so I definitely thin

Government Operations committee  I'll answer that very quickly because I know we're short on time. Absolutely, yes, we do offer things by webinar all the time, and I know Mary does as well. The best way to get that information out is to contact organizations like NLOWE. I'm part of an organization called WEO

Government Operations committee  Can you define what you mean by “perception”, and how big this perception is?

Government Operations committee  Definitely. We definitely see confidence as an issue. Statistics will show you that a male entrepreneur will fail at least three times. The business of a female entrepreneur sometimes will fail once and she'll give it up. In order for businesses to be successful, they need to f

Government Operations committee  Yes. It has to do with confidence. It has to do with lack of support around you, lack of networks, again, and just basic inherent confidence issues. If a woman's business fails, lots of times she'll attribute it to her own personal characteristics: “I'm not cut out to be a busine

Government Operations committee  First, with regard to the 5% set-aside, for percentages of set-asides, you have to be careful. I would like to say yes, that I would support the 5% set-aside, but we need to find out who's available to supply. One of the issues that we had here in Newfoundland and Labrador was th

Government Operations committee  Yes. I've had experience with Mary's certification and others across Canada. With the issue you just brought up, the companies in name only, the certification will ensure that doesn't happen. Our staff were the site visitors, as Mary said, so I'm well aware of what they're aski

Government Operations committee  I can try to do the same. I think, specific to my market, supply diversity in terms of the market is.... Mary's market is based in Toronto, so she has a lot of these larger corporations and head offices in her market. What we found and learned from the Hebron project and all of

Government Operations committee  Okay.

Government Operations committee  Sure.

Government Operations committee  Sure.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  Sure.