Canada needs national strategy encouraging Indigenous access to capital

Without Indigenous access to capital, Canada is forgoing opportunities to meet our net-zero commitments, which require new clean energy projects, most of which would be built on Indigenous lands.
Canada and Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc should establish a purpose-built Indigenous Infrastructure Bank that provides financing to qualifying projects, write Chief Sharleen Gale and Greg D’Avignon.
It is time for a national strategy on Indigenous access to capital. As a country, more work is needed to close the social and economic gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people living in Canada. To do so, systemic changes are required to empower Indigenous communities to be self-sustaining ...

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