There have been examples of that with the government at this point in time, and I hope future governments will take that as nation-to-nation and government-to-government, because it's measurable. It's the distinct services of investments, and then you can measure that success. However, if you did all indigenous people, there's no way you could properly measure it. If you do distinctly first nations, Métis and Inuit, then you can measure it.
Let me say this about capital projects. They're a ways from now. They're not going to happen tomorrow morning. We have that now. How long is that going to take before the project first kicks in? Then there's the preparation to get there.
I'll give you an example of a change in this country that nobody's talked about yet. In Manitoba, our premier, being a first nations premier in Canada for the first time, created a new model of relationship with Manitoba Hydro, one of the biggest companies we have in our province, and we are now in charge of building wind power.
How they've designed it is a complete reversal of the old way. Now, indigenous governments are the only ones that can bid on this 600 megawatts, and we are allowed up to 200 megawatts, which I'm bidding on right now, but we must be 51% owners. We've met with 14 international and national companies, and we've chosen our partner already, but we will be owners of this hydro power. It shows you a completely different transition.
Take Enbridge, for example; I have a very good relationship with Enbridge. They couldn't participate, because their stakeholders do not let them go outside of being the full majority owner. That's an example of how industry is caught off guard on this one.
It's the first kind in Canada, and I hope there will be more of them.
When national projects do come, I don't want us to be just the ones with the shovels and the brooms. I want us to be up in management. We want a different perspective. We want to own our construction companies. We have over 900 businesses in Manitoba registered right now.
Regarding the procurement program, I've said to every member here, including Jamie, that the issue about procurement is very clear. It costs Canada nothing when you do these national projects or big projects. We have a 5% procurement program, which I've been fighting for, for over 20 years. We finally see it working, and I swear it has changed lives, changed businesses and increased their strength in businesses, and all the companies that win these bids have to do is guarantee us 5%.
SkyAlyne won an $11.2-billion agreement. They have to give us 5% of a certain segment of it but not the capital purchases. At the end of the day, there are going to be jobs, there are going to be opportunities and there's going to be management. There are all kinds of different fields we'll get into. That 5% procurement changed the economic venture overnight and cost Canada not a penny.