The new Government of Canada is ready to relaunch the realization of major infrastructure projects in our country, in partnership with Aboriginal peoples. To this end, Prime Minister Mark Carney summoned the Métis summit on major projects in Ottawa to discuss the Law aimed at building Canada And to request the opinion of Métis leaders on the best way to work together.
During the summit, the Prime Minister and the Métis leaders discussed how the Law aimed at building Canada will allow the new government of Canada to carry out major projects which will make it possible to link and transform the country’s economy, thus promoting greater prosperity for the Métis thanks to financial participation and resource management projects. They focused on how the Government of Canada and the Métis leaders will work together to implement these projects. In order to ensure an effective partnership with the indigenous peoples, the federal government goes ahead with several new measures, especially the following:
- Establishment of an indigenous advisory advice. The Council will work in close collaboration with the new federal office of major projects. Composed of Métis, Inuit and Members of First Nations as well as representatives of modern treaties and autonomous Aboriginal governments, the Advisory Council will ensure that the prospects and priorities of Aboriginal people are integrated into all stages. The federal office of major projects and the Aboriginal Advisory Council will both be operational by the Labor Day.
- Assignment of $ 40 million for the participation of natives. Since the first discussions on projects to be favored until continuous capacity strengthening, new financing aspects will promote concrete participation of Aboriginal leaders in major projects.
- Expanding the Aboriginal loan guarantee guarantee program. The new Government of Canada has doubled the program envelope, which is now $ 10 billion, in order to allow a larger number of Aboriginal communities to participate in major projects. Thanks to this government financing, the financial participation of the Métis now extends to a much broader range of projects in the natural resources and energy sectors, ranging from electricity production to carbon capture, including critical minerals.
The Prime Minister and Métis leaders have confirmed their commitment to work together to advance their common priorities.
Today’s summit follows the meetings held in recent weeks with Inuit leaders and First Nations, Inuvik and Gatineau respectively. We will continue our collaboration in order to advance these discussions while respecting the distinctions.
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“We transform challenges into opportunities, and we do it in partnership. Bill C-5 is an enabling legislative measure which opens the way to new forms of collaboration. Thanks to the investment of capital and the management of resources by the natives, we will build ports, bridges, highways and other major infrastructure projects in partnership with peoples and indigenous communities. This summit has marked an important step in this approach, at a time when we are looking to implement transformative projects into a real partnership with the Métis. »»
“Partnerships with indigenous peoples are at the heart of the Canadian Economy Unit Act. The Métis Summit on major projects marks a crucial step to make Canada the strongest economy in the G7 while ensuring that the holders of Métis rights and all the indigenous peoples participate directly and in a concrete way in achieving this objective. »»
“For a long time, Métis communities have been showing strength, innovation and leadership in the development of our country. Their voices, their priorities and their economic aspirations are essential for our future. The work we do here together helps build a more resilient and more inclusive Canada, based on partnership, sustainability and common prosperity. »»
“By advancing in this chapter of the history of our country, we will ensure that our collaboration with the Métis places decision -making power, the spirit of innovation and the values of the Métis in the foreground. I am happy to participate in today’s dialogue in order to discuss the Law aimed at building Canada. The implementation of an inclusive economy is essential to a solid and common future, shaped with and for indigenous peoples. »»
“I know the determination, perseverance and entrepreneurs who animate our communities. Métis are ready to play an active role in the development and strengthening of the Canadian economy. Together, we will work with Métis communities to make changes that will have a concrete impact. »»
“Currently, Canada has a unique opportunity to strengthen its economy and ensure its sovereignty so as to promote reconciliation with indigenous peoples and to ensure the prosperity of the next generations of Métis. As part of a concrete collaboration, we can create possibilities in all the Métisse communities in the country, while strengthening our energy security and operating our resources. »»
Protruding facts
- The Law aimed at building Canada Guarantees the integration of the consultation of Métis and other indigenous peoples into the implementation process aimed at determining whether a project should be included under the law as a project of national interest and to draw up the documents related to the conditions.
- The Government of Canada will advance projects of national interest while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples recognized and confirmed by article 35 of the 1982 constitutional lawas well as the rights set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Aboriginal peoples, including the principle of free, prerequisite and enlightened consent.
- The Aboriginal Advisory Council will work in close collaboration with the Federal Government Management Management Bureau to assert Aboriginal points of view to take into consideration at each stage. He will not replace the consultation obligation provided for in article 35 of the Constitutionnel Acte 1982.
- The corporation of loan warranty for Aboriginal people in Canada is responsible for managing the Aboriginal loan guarantee program. Loan guarantees are offered to support the participation of natives in projects of different sizes, reflecting the diversity of economic development possibilities and priorities in Aboriginal communities across Canada.
- By promoting projects of national interest, the Government of Canada undertakes to work in partnership with Aboriginal peoples to support economic prosperity, in compliance with rights protected by the Constitution and obligations under modern treaties.