Measures to ease procurement pain for smaller businesses generates momentum, but industry calls for ‘clarity’

The new Small Business Procurement Program, part of the government’s Buy Canadian policy, creates opportunities, but 'we need to see the details,' says the Canadian Council of Innovators' Daniel Perry.
Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound has been engaging with small and medium-sized business owners since the announcement of new measures to ease their access to federal contracts.

The federal government’s new measures to ease small and medium-sized businesses' access to federal contracts under the Buy Canadian policy is welcomed, say industry players who also want to see more "details" and "execution" before the end of this year.

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