Government Operations committee  Merci, monsieur. Yes, we are very active with the federal government in terms of day-to-day consultations. We offer our views, either solicited or unsolicited, on all of the projects the government has, and indeed we have a program where we have been advocating for the last few

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that. I brought the two folks who represent the two companies here today because we're talking about GENS and about shared services. Because of the issue you wanted to address, it seemed to me that you needed to hear from companies that have done these types of pro

Government Operations committee  We can bring representatives from small business, but the issue we were discussing today is not a small business issue. The issue is that some companies, some staff augmentation firms, have approached you and said to you that they will be shut out, and that therefore small busine

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. Yes, there are a number of large organizations in our membership, but we also have a great number of small ones, and as I mentioned, 70% are small. I'll give you an example. We have Macadamian, we have Sandvine, we have Sequentia. We have com

Government Operations committee  The dues that are paid to ITAC are based upon the Canadian revenues, and for small companies--$5 million would be a small company--they would be paying the smaller amount. As they grow into a larger company, they're charged according to the amount of revenue they have in Canada.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the committee members for allowing ITAC to come and meet with you today. We think this issue is very important, so we're very pleased to have the opportunity. We expect to take about 10 to 15 minutes for the three of us to make our presen