Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Procurement"

eSupply Canada’s Report Maps First Nations Multi-million Dollar Growth Potential by ‘Buying Indigenous’ If just five per cent of materials and supplies expenditures shifted to First Nations’ suppliers, income in the First Nation’s economy could increase by as much as 1.5 – 2 times.  NationTalk: (SAUGEEN FIRST NATION, ON) – New research from national Indigenous-owned distributor...

Coalition wants to make sure opportunities ‘that are meant for our people go to our people’ CBC Indigenous: A coalition of Indigenous economic organizations wants the federal government to adopt new definitions of what constitutes Indigenous businesses and organizations into its procurement process. “We know that there are shell companies that maybe have an Indigenous...

NationTalk: OTTAWA, ONTARIO – NACCA is thrilled to announce the release of the Indigenous Business Definitions, a national set of consistent definitions that will help direct the procurement of goods and services to legitimate Indigenous businesses across the country. In 2021, the federal government announced a government-wide procurement target of 5 percent for Indigenous businesses....

NationTalk: OTTAWA, ON – Five national Indigenous economic organizations have banded together with full support of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) to create a first of its kind, First Nations Procurement Organization (FNPO). The organizations gathered on December 6, 2023, to establish this groundbreaking initiative to help First Nations peoples and businesses overcome systemic barriers in...