I thank all the witnesses for joining us. I have questions for them, and I hope to have enough time to put some questions to Ms. Bull, Mr. Michel and Mr. Metatawabin.
I will start with you, Ms. Bull.
One of my colleagues recommended that I watch your interview with The Future Economy. I found it very interesting, especially when you talked about how important it is for indigenous communities that a share of government procurement be set aside for indigenous businesses. In the Minister of Public Services and Procurement mandate letter, our government proposes to award 5% of federal government contracts to indigenous businesses.
Could you comment further on that and specify how the awarding of government contracts to indigenous businesses can help them during the pandemic?