I know we're talking about a green recovery, but we also need to talk about an inclusive recovery, and including those people you just mentioned.
The resource development sector has become much better at procuring from indigenous companies. It's not an easy thing to do. There's a lot of capacity building, a lot of relationships that have to be built. The federal government, as you probably know, has committed to 5% procurement and is very slow in getting to that stage. As we pour more federal funds and spend more federal dollars on infrastructure, it's going to be very important they work much more closely with indigenous small and medium-sized companies and communities to make sure they can access those opportunities and get to that 5% mark and beyond.
With regard to a lot of the other discussion, we're talking about how we're going to need new resources, we're going to need electrification, all these things. These are all projects that happen with natural resources on land. If we don't get it right with indigenous peoples, there will be delays, there will be problems, and they will also miss out on the opportunities.
As we recover, we need to be much smarter on including indigenous peoples meaningfully. I don't think we'll get very far in developing any of these resources if we don't do a better job.