Tato Recruiting

“In partnership with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Relations Canada (CIRNAC), CCAB and Big River Analytics Ltd. conducted an overlap analysis using Federal procurement data and findings from CCAB’s national Aboriginal Business Survey. Industry and Inclusion: An Analysis of Indigenous Potential in Federal Supply Chains maps Indigenous business capacity onto areas of high growth and high demand in the most up-to-date Federal procurement records. The data demonstrate that there is sufficient capacity to support a procurement target that ensures 5% of annualized contract values are awarded to Indigenous businesses across the Federal family.” – Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

You can access the report here.

Despite the large sum spent by the federal government and policies promoting fairness in competition,
Indigenous businesses are underrepresented in federal supply chains. Over 20 years have passed since the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) was put in place to remedy this discrepancy, but the initiative has seen little progress to date—PSAB has accounted for an average of less than one percent (0.32%) of total annual federal government spending since 1996. Progress that has been made via the PSAB has been inconsistently measured and documented.