Ms. Andrea Sandmaier at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

I think that if the government were to apply a similar standard of verification to the indigenous procurement process, they would be able to ensure the opportunities that were meant for indigenous communities were awarded to indigenous communities.

We have within our government what's called “MétisWorks”. It is a database of Métis-owned businesses, and those businesses have been proven to be owned by Métis citizens. We have that available already.