Supporting an Indigenous business boom key to Canada’s economic recovery

In an approach applauded by Indigenous companies, Canada's new procurement strategy for federal goods and service contracts mandates that at least five per cent of federal contracts must go to Indigenous businesses.

Let’s set into motion a navigator function to assist Indigenous businesses with the federal procurement process to access government contracts, as outlined in Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu’s mandate letter, writes Scott Patles-Richardson.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT PATLES-RICHARDSON

March 10, 2022

Before and during the pandemic, the government has said many times that small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are the backbone of the Canadian economy and crucial to the country’s financial recovery. Prior to the pandemic there were

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