Alexandre Boulerice at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 24th, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 24th, 2024 / 12:05 p.m.

NDP

Alexandre Boulerice NDP Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

We recently learned that according to Public Services and Procurement Canada, the directory we've been discussing today lists about 2,900 companies. However, some estimates place the number of indigenous businesses in the country at nearly 60,000.

What could explain such a dramatic difference between those two figures?

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