Indigenous procurement program fix ‘must be led by First Nations’: AFN Chief Woodhouse

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is calling for urgent reform of Canada’s Indigenous procurement program, after a Global News investigation found it can be easily exploited by non-Indigenous companies to gain access to billions of dollars in federal contracts. Melissa Ridgen explains who AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak thinks needs to lead the program.

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