I spoke about 9% of contracts awarded. Most of our contracts are for goods. Often, we purchase computers from recognized companies that are on the list of Public Services and Procurement Canada, and so we know that the money is going to indigenous businesses directly.
We have a contract with a hotel in Nunavut, a province that we visit regularly because I’m also the auditor general for the three territories. That hotel is indigenous-owned.
When we have contracts for services with an indigenous business and the contract is likely to involve a joint venture, we ask Public Services and Procurement Canada to carry out an audit to confirm compliance with contract requirements for 33% of the revenue to flow to indigenous individuals. They confirmed that for this contract, it was around 52%, and so we were comfortable with it. We have a number of contracts for services, and we monitor them much more closely than contracts for goods.