Cedar casket business expanding for aboriginal entrepreneur – Business in Vancouver
July 13, 2015
Snuneymuxw band member fills First Nations funeral market niche
Some businesses are recession-proof. The food business is one; the funeral business is another.
After all, everyone’s got to eat, and everyone dies.
A few years ago, Tom Simpson, a member of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, ended up – almost by accident – on the supply side of the funeral business when he started making cedar caskets for coastal First Nations.
His Cedar Journeys Caskets business has gone from making six caskets per year to 36.
Read More: https://www.biv.com/article/2015/7/cedar-casket-business-expanding-aboriginal-entrepr/
