I think the most obvious one is the Indian Act, which is a racist policy that has been implemented on our people. It placed us away from the markets into tiny reserves all across this country. There are 634 first nations all across this country, all at varying levels of capacity and poverty and all looking for an idea of prosperity for their people.
Now this procurement program gives them a little glimmer of hope of accessing some opportunity.
I used to work for Anglo American and we had a De Beers diamond mine. Implementing impact benefit agreements for business opportunities takes time and thoughtfulness. You have to disentangle large contracts to make bite-sized opportunities for indigenous communities.
I think the government has a great opportunity to redefine how it does procurement to enable indigenous entrepreneurs to enter that door. That way, you get to know them and you'll have lifetime procurers for the government.