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Hajdu won’t say if non-Indigenous companies should pay back Indigenous contracts - National | Globalnews.ca

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Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu refused to say if non-Indigenous companies that won contracts by claiming to be Indigenous should pay back the value of those contracts.

Hajdu told a parliamentary committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs that they're working with Indigenous groups to address issues around defining Indigeneity .

A months -long Global News investigation raised questions about whether some of those companies are truly owned and controlled by Indigenous people.

The investigation revealed significant loopholes in the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business .

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