WATCH: Pressure is mounting for the auditor general to investigate the federal government's beleaguered Indigenous procurement program. It's meant to boost First Nations, Inuit and Métis economies by awarding 5 per cent of government contracts for goods and services to Indigenous companies.
“And how complex their schemes are in being able to qualify to even be registered in that system,” McGregor said, referring to non-Indigenous businesses gaining access to billions in federal contracts each year.Labour minister calls Canada post strike ‘highly disrespectful of Canadians’The IBD is part of the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business, which now requires at least five per cent of all federal contracts go to First Nations, Inuit or Métis-owned and controlled companies.