I think we have to be fair and realistic given that there is a huge amount of diversity in and among our communities, but absolutely, at the end of the day, clearly we have to have mechanisms to know for certain that a particular business is an indigenous business.
When it's a corporation, it's sometimes easier, because you get to see who the founders are and the members of the corporation. Again, it's about having clear rules and a clear understanding. When it's an individual who owns a company, the rules should be clear: That individual must have a 51% stake in that company, and not just simply on paper.
I think there's work we have to do on our end to validate and ensure that the first nation people who own these businesses are the real owners. That is done through system verification that we develop and design for first nations by first nations. I know that my friends at the NACCA network have been at the forefront of this issue and speaking about what is required. There are a number of possible ways to do it, but it should be left to us to sit down, figure out and decide. It has to be led and developed by first nations.
Given the complexities, I think we need some time to think about what that would look like so as not to penalize any individual communities or first nation individuals' businesses and to ensure that at the end of the day, we do a better job than the federal government has in managing this procurement program since its development.