Tom Cardoso (@tomcardoso.bsky.social)

When it launched nearly 30 years ago, the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business hoped to help communities grow. But as it grew to $1.6-billion a year, Ottawa didn't address warnings about how the system could be gamed by shell companies www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnpoli

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Ottawa was warned about problems with Indigenous procurement – but grew it into a $1.6-billion program anyway The Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business was put into place in 1996 with good intentions, but with loopholes and little oversight https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ottawa-was-warned-about-problems-with-indigenous-procurement-but-grew/