Economic Development

He criticizes Indigenous Services Canada’s response as insufficient and largely rhetorical, saying he sees no 'concrete action' and calling the measures 'a bunch of jargon' with few tangible steps to protect First Nations or government coffers.

Mandy Gull-Masty supports stricter enforcement and strengthened verification for Indigenous Business Directory listings—boosting staff training, conducting comprehensive reviews that delisted 1,881 companies, requiring detailed ownership questionnaires to standardize assessments—while declining immediate adoption of new committee-recommended eligibility rules.