Carney must prioritize fixing Indigenous procurement program, says AFN National Chief – The Globe and Mail
The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the re-elected Liberal government must fix the federal Indigenous procurement program so that its benefits flow to genuinely Indigenous businesses.
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made the comments Wednesday in a speech to the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA). She then expanded on her comments in an interview with The Globe and Mail.
“When we talk about problems with federal procurement, we have to start with Canada’s loose standards of First Nations and Indigenous identity,” she told The Globe. “Properly deployed, the federal government’s multibillion-dollar First Nations procurement program can have significant benefit to the economy.”
