The aboriginal financial institutions operate independent of government, so we support them in terms of their developmental lending requirements but it's up to them to analyze business cases and provide capital to the businesses themselves.
December 5th, 2013 / 5:20 p.m.
Director General, Policy and Coordination Branch, Lands and Economic Development Sector, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
The aboriginal financial institutions operate independent of government, so we support them in terms of their developmental lending requirements but it's up to them to analyze business cases and provide capital to the businesses themselves.
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