AUTO DEALERS SERVING CANADIAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES MAY BENEFIT FROM TAX BREAKS, BUT CAN FACE SIGNFICANT DELIVERY AND AFTER-SALES LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES
October 1st, 2019
IT’S no simple business serving Canada’s indigenous community market, even though this includes 1.67 million people. A majority have official residency in 3,100 reserves (the Canadian term for reservation), many of whom live in the far north, where average January and February highs can be minus 21C/minus 6F. Some of these communities are not linked to the paved road network, and often deliveries can only be made on winter roads made of snow and ice. In the far northern territory of Nunavut, there are no roads between towns and villages, and vehicles arrive ...
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