Imagine, if you can, deciding a decade ago to launch a business in your Indigenous community. Or even today. A chance to work within the community whether its construction to farming to retail to wholesaling. It’s yours and you get to work in your home community. A business that for some may be coming to an end…thanks to Trump’s tariffs. Trump’s tariffs are going to make life difficult not just for Canadians country wide but take a moment to image what it will do to Indigenous people. There isn’t a business owner anywhere that doesn’t fear a recession hitting or a trade war. Now take that fear and multiply it when it comes to Indigenous business. Indigenous people are launching businesses at five times the rate of non-Indigenous people in…
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