Ottawa must eliminate tokenism from Indigenous procurement program, says Indigenous business leader

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Indigenous Services Minister Hajdu defends program, warns it would be at risk under a Conservative government for being “too woke”

Shannin Metatawabin, chief executive officer of National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association says the ability of non-Indigenous companies to access funding through a joint venture with an Indigenous company has long been a source of concern and that there should be stronger penalties for companies found to have misused the federal system.

“There should have been some consequences, because we have to deter people from doing this,” he said in response to The Globe’s report on the nursing joint venture. How one nursing company tapped into Ottawa’s Indigenous businesses program, despite not being Indigenous “That would be a necessary deterrent,” she said. Ms. Bull said the program is “needed and necessary” but reform is required.

Earlier in the hearing, Mr. Genuis accused the minister of having a “disastrous record on Indigenous procurement.”“That member should be ashamed for not understanding that Indigenous business has had a hard time competing for procurement with the government of Canada,” she said, adding that it is the type of program that would be at risk under a Conservative government. “I would imagine that member would call it too woke.

The Commons government operations committee is conducting a study of the federal Indigenous procurement program, which awarded $862-million in contracts in the 2022-23 fiscal year, up from $170-million five years prior.

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