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Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verification | Globalnews.ca

globalnews.ca Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verification | Globalnews.ca

The Canadian government mostly relied on an honour system when it awarded billions of dollars in contracts to enterprises identifying as Indigenous.

Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verification | Globalnews.ca

Wow, people taking advantage of discrimination-based government programs... who could have possibly seen this coming?

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Kinda tired of us relying on the honour system.
Nobody bothers checking and people like me who are honest end up paying directly for the awful people scamming the government.
They need to attach fraud charges to abuse of these programs.
- They need to attach fraud charges to abuse of these programs.
  The problem is the cost to find the abuse.
  It's easier to simply make programs that don't have discriminatory requirements.
  
  That's why I think criminal charges would help.
  Even if you know you've got an 80% chance of not getting cost or the program won't be audited, a 20% chance of jail time and indictment might be enough to dissuade a lot of actors, which ultimately makes it cheaper to police.
  
  Criminal charges help only if enforcement is actually feasible, which, given the level of enforcement on other fronts, is unlikely.