# Indigenous business directory under scrutiny as many companies may soon be dropped

https://mins.news/en/video/104771

- Global News, 2026-10-18 01:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT1Eo3peAmk

> Canada’s multi-billion-dollar Indigenous procurement program is under renewed scrutiny. It was designed to direct five per cent of federal contracts to First Nations-, Inuit- and Métis-owned businesses, but many contracts went to non-Indigenous companies. An ombud called the program the worst systemic failure he had seen.