Federal departments fix 61 errors related to Indigenous business contracts on public database

The RCMP has corrected the status of two firms as non-Indigenous at Indigenous Services Canada's direction. But one of those companies remains on the government's controversial Indigenous Business Directory.

Indigenous Services Canada, under Minister Patty Hajdu, removed over 1,200 businesses from the Indigenous Business Directory since 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

December 19, 2024

Federal departments have corrected 61 errors in contracts awarded to Indigenous-owned businesses between 2018 and 2024, according to a Hill Times analysis, amid growing concerns that companies are fraudulently claiming Indigenous ownership to exploit a multibillion-...

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