Contents Features 10 CALLING ALL CHAMPIONS: CCAB rallies big business support for its new Strategy By Matthew Bradford 14 SUPPLY-SIDE SUCCESS: Aboriginal businesses add value to supply chains of Canadian corporations By Andrew Brooks 18 PUSHING FOR CHANGE: Mel Benson on why Aboriginal procurement is a ‘must’ By Leyla Razeghi 20 LEADING BY EXAMPLE: OPG, Bruce Power, and the City of Toronto help forge Aboriginal procurement By Matthew Bradford Departments 7  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 36 CCAB SNAPSHOT 38 UPCOMING EVENTS 42  PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORY 29 BUILDING POTENTIAL: The government’s PSAB program aims to stimulate Indigenous business growth By Samantha Morton 30 AUSTRALIAN CASE STUDY: Progressing reconciliation through the supply chain By Josh Riley 34 LESSONS LEARNED: Key take-aways from the First Nations procurement experience in B.C.’s liquid natural gas industry By Kim Baird 18 14 10 The Aboriginal BUSINESS REPORT 5