Feds pledge more than $4-billion in pre-election budget for Indigenous file

Advancing reconciliation was a key theme of the budget, which included money to forgive loans on comprehensive claim negotiations, to implement Jordan's Principle, and revitalize Indigenous languages.

Chief Marcia Brown Martel, pictured Oct. 6, 2017, singing in front of Centre Block. The 2019 budget announced significant funding for Indigenous issues. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

March 19, 2019

Indigenous issues held prominence in the Liberal government’s fourth budget, with plans to spend $4.5-billion on reconciliation efforts over the next five years. One entire chapter in the 464-page document tabled on March 19 centred on "advancing reconciliation." Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (...

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