Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, as noted, with OSME's outreach, we do engage with businesses. We do have the capacity to work with businesses that require access. It is something that we do provide. Our British Columbia regional office has been a leader within OSME in terms of being able to have the

Government Operations committee  Oh, yes.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I fully agree that engagement with some of these disadvantaged groups is critically important. As we saw during the Black pilots that were recently referenced, engagements and conversations around what OSME has to offer and how to understand procurements are critically

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and apologies in advance. I have some microphone challenges, so I'll do my best to speak in a clear manner. As mentioned, I'm the director general for the office of small and medium enterprises. One of the key elements of our mandate is to improve