From reconciliation to results: why Bill C-5 and the Major Projects Office can be game-changers for Indigenous communities

The MPO is the front door that co-ordinates financing and accelerates regulatory approvals so that top-tier projects can get to 'yes' faster, with Indigenous partnership built-in from the start.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said with Bill C-5, 'we are removing trade barriers, expediting nation-building projects, and unleashing economic growth, in close cooperation with Indigenous Peoples,' in a press statement in June.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BUCKLEY BELANGER

September 29, 2025

I’m a rural, Indigenous member of Canada’s cabinet. Where I come from, opportunity is something you build—with neighbours, Elders, and youth rolling up their sleeves together—not something that lands on your doorstep. The journey towards reconciliation begins with re...

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