I think we need to get further information at this committee or elsewhere about what extent those companies should really qualify given the objective of the policy to create opportunities for indigenous Canadians.
Ms. Reza, I want to ask you about staff augmentation. You spoke at the government operations committee about this. You said, “Traditionally, staff augmentation works in a similar manner, whereby you bring in a temp agency and it takes on the burden of finding the resources.” You said, “There are many shops that do this across the system, so there are about 635 IT firms that provide staff augmentation services.”
Canadians have become familiar with three companies—Coradix, Dalian and GC Strategies—that receive work and subcontract, often without providing any actual value themselves. However, this is an incredible number. We're not just talking about three companies; there are 635 companies. Why is this practice of multi-level subcontracting so common that there are 635 different companies doing it?