Global News’ investigation spoke with faculty and students at First Nations University of Canada and University of King’s College, based respectively in Regina and Halifax.
Natan Obed, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, says that the Canadian federal government does not have the right to determine who is Indigenous.into billions of dollars in federal contracts awarded to Indigenous-owned enterprises began in late 2022, when a journalist noticed that some suppliers of personal protective equipment did not disclose a connection to a First Nation, Métis or Inuit community on their websites.
To take a deeper look into which Indigenous communities were benefiting from PSIB, Global News asked faculty and students at First Nations University of Canada and University of King’s College, based respectively in Regina and Halifax, to join the research and reporting.
Meanwhile, reporters found that one of the main obstacles to researching the PSIB’s community links was that non-Indigenous people are often reluctant to ask Indigenous business owners and executives about their ancestry. To uncover the connections between the PSIB and Indigenous communities, the collaborative team began asking federal contractors who identify as Indigenous a standard set of questions, including requesting specific information about their heritage.The responses revealed that the PSIB primarily benefits Ottawa-area enterprises offering IT consulting. Their community links are not always obvious or easily defined.
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