{"id":75489,"date":"2025-07-18T07:14:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=75489"},"modified":"2025-07-18T07:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:14:31","slug":"pm-carney-engages-first-nations-rights-holders-on-the-building-canada-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/pm-carney-engages-first-nations-rights-holders-on-the-building-canada-act\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Carney engages First Nations Rights Holders on the Building Canada Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-content Itineraries-news-article-date\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-date-released field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field--item\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-17T20:30:00Z\">July 17, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"inline-date\">Gatineau, Qu\u00e9bec <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-news-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-news-article\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<p>Canada\u2019s new government is ready to get our country building\u00a0major projects again \u2013 and projects built in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples will be at the forefront of this work.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, convened the First Nations Major Projects Summit in\u00a0Gatineau, Qu\u00e9bec, to engage First Nations groups on the <em>Building Canada Act<\/em> and how to most effectively build major projects in partnership with Indigenous\u00a0Peoples. Over 250 First Nations leaders, regional organizations, and other Rights\u00a0Holders\u2019 representatives attended the meeting in person and virtually to share their insights, ideas, and priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister\u00a0heard from First Nations and\u00a0discussed how the <em>Building Canada Act<\/em> was designed to transform the Canadian economy\u00a0and contribute to greater prosperity for\u00a0Indigenous communities, through equity and\u00a0resource management projects. To ensure that these major projects are built in partnership with Indigenous Peoples, the federal government\u00a0is moving forward with several new measures, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standing up\u00a0an Indigenous Advisory Council<\/strong> that will closely work with the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>new Major\u00a0Federal\u00a0Projects Office. Comprised of First Nations, Inuit, M\u00e9tis, as well as Modern Treaty and Self-Government representatives,\u00a0the Advisory Council will help ensure Indigenous perspectives and priorities are integrated at each stage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dedicating $40\u00a0million in funding for Indigenous participation.\u00a0<\/strong>From\u00a0early discussions on which projects to\u00a0include to ongoing governance and capacity-building, new funding streams will support meaningful\u00a0participation of\u00a0Indigenous leadership in\u00a0nation-building projects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expanding the Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program<\/strong>. The government has doubled the program to $10\u00a0billion to help unlock capital for Indigenous communities to\u00a0gain full\u00a0equity ownership in major nation-building projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Collaboration will continue with First Nations leadership at all levels through regional dialogue tables. The Prime Minister will soon meet separately with the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee and M\u00e9tis leadership to further advance these conversations on a distinctions basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to build big projects that will transform and connect our economy. Central to this mission is shared leadership with Indigenous Peoples. Working in partnership, we can seize this opportunity and build lasting prosperity for generations.\u201d The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Summit marks a turning point. The <em>One Canadian Economy Act<\/em> is not just about inclusion \u2013 it\u2019s about recognizing that prosperity comes when First Nations are full partners in shaping the future. Together, we are building an economy that reflects our shared values, our shared responsibilities, and our shared potential.\u201d The Hon. Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday represents a historic opportunity. Together, we\u2019re beginning the work of building a better future, one in which Indigenous economies and priorities are truly integrated into the national economy. By listening, engaging, and learning in the spirit of true partnership, we are taking the first steps toward that brighter, more equitable future.\u201d The Hon. Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <em>One Canadian Economy Act\u00a0<\/em>is designed to build Canada strong \u2013 building economic resilience here at home while ensuring that First Nations, and all Canadians, benefit. To achieve our objectives, we will \u2013 and must \u2013 look to advance the interests of Indigenous communities. That is the only path to shared success. The First Nations Major Projects Summit marks the first step in that process \u2013 setting the stage to create lasting economic opportunities for First Nations across Canada.\u201d The Hon. Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King\u2019s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to build major energy and resource projects again in Canada to strengthen our economy and secure our sovereignty in the face of threats. A key part of how we will do this successfully is transforming how we think about First Nations partnership. First Nations are not just participants in our economy \u2013 they are the original stewards of this land, Rights Holders, governments, and builders. With meaningful collaboration as partners, they enable us to build better. It\u2019s clear: if we are serious about retooling our economy, then reconciliation must be front and centre, not just at today\u2019s Summit, but in perpetuity.\u201d The Hon. Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, 2025 Gatineau, Qu\u00e9bec Canada\u2019s new government is ready to get our country building\u00a0major projects again \u2013 and projects built in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples will be at the forefront of this work. To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, convened the First Nations Major Projects Summit in\u00a0Gatineau, Qu\u00e9bec, to engage First Nations &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":73751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 14:00:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75490,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489\/revisions\/75490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}