Government Operations committee  It's training, navigating the system, facilitation, early engagement and mentoring. If the goal is to have an indigenous prime contractor in this country, we're going to need a lot of hand-holding, capacity development and reduced complexity of the whole process. I think that is

Government Operations committee  We love to work with all the federal government departments. We believe in relationship building. It takes time. We're not based in Ottawa. We have some people on the ground there, though. We love working with Indigenous Services Canada, with Natural Resources Canada, with PAC. I

Government Operations committee  Yes. There's a concierge process that we've talked about, not only for us with our database but also for NACCA and CCAB. We've also instilled a navigator approach and a mentorship program. A lot of our entrepreneurs are new to this game, and there needs to be a facilitation proce

Government Operations committee  That's a good question. I don't know if it still exists. However, I think there are variations of entrepreneurship going on throughout Canada. Shannin may be able to offer up an answer on that too. It's vitally important. I think where we try to come across is that it has to be

Government Operations committee  I think it starts at home, allowing access to procurement. We've also addressed throughout this presentation the lack of finances, the lack of training. Our role is capacity building. We've been dealing with a number of federal departments to roll that training out in many ways t

Government Operations committee  No. I think that's been cited a number of times, the lack of data. I couldn't tell you what the number is. I think we know where it should be, but there's a lack of data. It's not there.

Government Operations committee  It's sad to say, but we can't give you an answer.

Government Operations committee  Okay. CANDO is well positioned to support the rollout of this 5% policy with national, regional and local networks, within indigenous communities and government organizations. We're currently working with PSPC, ISC, NRCan, PrairiesCAN, Transport Canada and DFO's Coast Guard. Th

Government Operations committee  Good morning, honourable Mr. McCauley and honourable members of the standing committee. My name is Ray Wanuch. I am the executive director of the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers, otherwise known as CANDO. Today, I am speaking from Edmonton, the traditi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I used to be on the Alberta Water Advisory Committee, and Premier Lougheed was on there. He used to talk about interbasin water transfer. It was specific to Alberta because 90% of the population lived south of Calgary, and most of the indigenous population lived north of Edmonton

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with Shannin. I sit on the board of Settlement Investment Corporation. They are the small business lender for the Métis settlements businesses. I'm very thankful for that first tranche of $40,000 loans, of which $10,000 is a grant. Most of the feedback we've had has bee

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  On the COVID-19 indigenous task force, I think we're going to make our database public facing, so that any procurement opportunity that can help our indigenous suppliers across the country is going to be offered up, and not based solely on COVID-19. That's one of the areas we're

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I mentioned earlier the partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Cando and the community economic development initiative. Again, for this third iteration coming up in the spring of next year, our funding's been cut in half and there are still a lot of applic

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay.

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