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Government Operations committee [Witness spoke in Ojibwa and provided the following text:] Aanii, Tabatha Bull n'indignikaaz, Nipissing n'indoonjibaa, Migizi dodem. [Witness provided the following translation:] Hello, my name is Tabatha Bull. I am from Nipissing First Nation, and I belong to the Eagle Clan.
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee My recollection, and I actually in preparation for this went back to look, is we had four scheduled meetings, one of which I was unable to attend, during the course of the supply council.
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee We did, yes. I don't have a specific position at this time, but I wouldn't have a concern with it being public that we signed a conflict of interest.
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee I'm sorry. No. That first press release came out. We've looked into those businesses and, as we've looked into the publicly available data on PPE, we have seen that there have been more outside of that RFP, but the significant number of businesses that were able to answer that sp
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee We do definitely see, when we compare the results of our first survey to the Stats Canada and the CFIB surveys, that there has been more impact on indigenous business. Part of that is because there's a larger portion of indigenous businesses that are small and medium entrepreneur
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee To my knowledge, under PPE and procurement under COVID, there were not set-asides specifically for indigenous businesses. There was one RFP specific to indigenous business for the non-surgical masks, as I spoke about before, but there weren't set targets specifically in response
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee I don't believe I am. I'm aware of the PSAB program, which has employment requirements to be determined as an indigenous business.
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee We have seen some situations in which small and medium-sized, indigenous-owned businesses have partnered to meet these contracts. One concern that we're currently looking at is whether the benefit actually results in supporting the indigenous business or if it's a numbers game,
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee I think one thing we definitely need to look at is, first, the definition that's used for indigenous business under the PSAB criteria. That definition requires that a business demonstrate that 33% of its staff are indigenous under the Indian Act. That requires a business to obtai
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee That's okay.
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee Certainly. Thank you. Initially, the first program under CEBA was designed for access through traditional financial institutions. We know that only about 33% of indigenous-owned businesses have relationships with traditional financial institutions. There was further funding prov
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee For some we have seen an uptake of those funds. However, we do see a significant number of businesses that did not access the programs. Part of that is because of the various bureaucracies and understanding whether the programs did fit for the business. We also see that with addi
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee I think there's definitely a need for closing the loop on procurement. Even with some of the procurement we saw specifically with PPE, indigenous businesses were not eligible for or were not able to obtain the contract. When they asked to have a debrief to understand why, the ans
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull
Government Operations committee I have not spoken to my colleagues at the Black Chamber or WEOC specifically about this. I think one thing that we do definitely find for indigenous businesses is that quite often they're funnelled towards one ministry whereas women-owned businesses are not necessarily funnelled
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Tabatha Bull