Yes, I can. Thank you for that comment and question.
The national indigenous economic strategy that was launched two years ago, in 2022, was, as I mentioned, under four categories—infrastructure, finance, people and lands. There are approximately 25 calls to indigenous economic prosperity under each one of those categories. This strategy is not just for indigenous communities or people to implement. It's for all Canadians and for organizations in the corporate sector. It's like the truth and reconciliation calls to action, where everyone has a role in implementing those calls to action.
The objective here, or one of the goals, is for not only economic reconciliation but also the collaboration of indigenous and non-indigenous businesses and people to contribute to economic prosperity for indigenous peoples, which benefits all Canadians. It is a reciprocal, mutually beneficial document. Since many indigenous people still live in poverty and experience barriers to success, this strategy is a road map for all Canadians.
The launch of the national indigenous economic prosperity institute is very important in that this institute will act as a hub. It will generate research. It will compile case studies. It will track the implementation of the calls to economic prosperity by every sector. Those will be compiled. It will showcase the successes, whether it's the federal government or corporate sector or health sector or education sector, in implementing these calls.
It's very much like the truth and reconciliation centre, which does something similar. It tracks and promotes. Willie Littlechild, who was involved in the development of the truth and reconciliation calls to action, did also indicate that there was a gap in those TRC calls to action of economic reconciliation and indigenous economic prosperity.
This is what this document does. It fills that gap. It is a living document. That's been highlighted. It could reshape and it could grow in a couple of years after review and after feedback. We'll live this document for a couple of years. Then there could be a revisiting of this particular strategy. It does provide an essential road map.
What we're doing now is that we will be posting a position for an executive director. A team will be hired and they will hit the ground running. There's a marketing budget. Again, we are very grateful to the foundations for helping us launch this particular institute. A lot of people don't know that there are approximately 26 indigenous entrepreneurship and business associations across the country. This institute will support those associations but also be a connector, a hub, for those associations.