Thank you for the question.
The information on how the pandemic has affected different communities comes from either Statistics Canada or Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, I believe, which used to be called Industry Canada.
In terms of our efforts, we launched pilot projects with Black Canadian businesses. We also specifically and exclusively awarded contracts to indigenous businesses that were producing different types of masks so that we could respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through these activities, we received many bids from businesses and we were able to award contracts to indigenous businesses.
As I said, we certainly still have a great deal of work to do in this area. However, we're working on our policy and our electronic system, which will help us make things better.