The organizer of an Indigenous business conference in Toronto says her goal is to establish the undeniable economic power of Indigenous peoples.
Carol Anne Hilton, founder and chief executive of the Indigenomics Institute, said Wednesday at the inaugural Indigenomics on Bay Street conference that Canada has restricted the economic opportunities of Indigenous peoples for too long.
“This country was built on Indigenous economic exclusion,” said Hilton.
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