Thank you.
Minister, the Prime Minister has often said, “No relationship is more important to Canada than the relationship with indigenous peoples.”
In your departmental plan you talk about the importance of diversity. You also talked about that in your opening remarks and furthering SMEs that are run by indigenous folks, by women or, by those who are Black. In your mandate letter in 2019, the Prime Minister directed you to give 5% of all federal contracts to indigenous-owned businesses. However, that didn't happen. Why?