b'MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTABORIGINAL BUSINESS REPORT is published for Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) Research 2 Berkeley Street, Suite 202as a Vital Toronto, OntarioM5A 4J5416-961-8663 Resourcewww.ccab.comDIRECTOR, MARKETINGJP GladuLynda KeithSENIOR ASSOCIATE, MARKETINGR esearch the systematic investigation andPresident and CEOSandy Gene study of sources in order to establish facts and Published by: reach new conclusions.@ccab_nationalResearch, the theme of our fall edition of @Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business Report, is a topic of greatAboriginal Businesswww.mediaedgepublishing.com importance to CCAB. It is through our research that@Canadian Council forwe provide insight into the state of Canadas emergingAboriginal Business33 South Station StreetIndigenous economy. Thanks to the diligent work of ourwww.ccab.comToronto, OntarioM9N 2B2 Toll Free: 1-866-480-4717research department, CCAB is considered to have the best robertt@mediaedge.ca knowledge and strongest database on the Indigenous economy in the country, if not the world. So we are proud PUBLISHERto highlight this work on these pages and share how our Maurice P. LaBorde research findings are helping drive policy in Canada. EDITOR Roma Ihnatowycz You can read about some of these findings in Moving the SALES EXECUTIVESProcurement Needle, our cover story which looks at the Pat Johnston, Gary Fustey, potential of Aboriginal procurement in the federal govern-David Tetlock, Ashley Huston,Derek de Weerdt ments supply chain. In this piece we share key findings SENIOR DESIGN SPECIALISTfrom our May 2019 report Industry and Inclusion: An Krista Zimmermann Analysis of Indigenous Potential in Federal Supply Chains. PRESIDENTCCABs recommendations were the driving force behind Kevin Brown the governments challenge to federal departments to SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTstrive for a five-per-cent share of existing procurement Robert Thompson dollars for Aboriginal businesses by 2024. Our research DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTshows this target can be achieved without increasing Michael Bell procurement costs, decreasing quality, or lengthening BRANCH MANAGERcontract timelines. In fact, Aboriginal companies have Nancie Priv the capacity to supply over 24 per cent of the goods and Published September 2019 services purchased by the federal government.Publication MailAgreement #40787580 Our aim with this research-themed edition is to help our All rights reserved. The contents readers develop a deeper understanding of the importance of this publication may not be of data to the Aboriginal economy. In Strength in Numbers, reproduced by any means, in whole you will learn not only about the power of comprehensive or in part, without the prior written facts and statistics, but also the dangers that lurk behind consent of the association.research outcomes when the research fails to reflect theThe Aboriginal Business Reportfull story. CCAB is skilled in both gathering the necessary is printed on 10% post-consumer data and assembling it to answer the questions that lie FSC certified paper using soya basedat the heart of the Indigenous economy. Our database inks. When necessary to mail anencompasses more than 10,000 Aboriginal businesses and issue in an enclosure, we use leverages data from First Nations, Inuit and Mtis partic-an environmentally-friendly, ipants, rendering a very clear picture of the Aboriginal 100% oxo-degradable poly-wrap. business landscape. A digital copy isavailable at www.ccab.com Aboriginal BUSINESS REPORT7'