Pressure mounts for AG to investigate Indigenous procurement program

Pressure is mounting for the Auditor General to investigate the federal government’s beleaguered Indigenous procurement program. It’s meant to boost First Nations, Inuit and Métis economies by awarding 5 per cent of government contracts for goods and services to Indigenous companies. Melissa Ridgen has this update.

• Auditor general to probe Indigenous procurement over concerns of ‘front’ companies
• Ottawa removed 1,100 companies from Indigenous procurement list: Hajdu
• ‘This is fraud’: Indigenous leaders sound off on federal procurement program