Economic reconciliation
Construction Business
B.C. backstops First Nations project developers
The B.C. government's new loan guarantee program is open to First Nations borrowers investing in an ownership stake in infrastructure projects within their territories.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario electricity procurement passes on gas
Renewable energy proponents have emerged as the favoured bidders in the first phase of Ontario’s effort to add 7,500 megawatts of electricity resources to the provincial grid by 2034.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Workforce barriers persist for Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous participation in Ontario’s economy is vital for advancing both community prosperity and broader business growth. Yet many Indigenous people face persistent barriers to education and employment.
Construction Business
Indigenous-led assessments gaining traction
A new guidance document is in sync with a national push for major infrastructure projects and expectations that First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples will be engaged in decisions affecting their lands.
Canadian Property Management
Energy charges Indigenous economic development
Ontario opens new round of funding for economic and community development initiatives tied to renewable energy, conservation and replacement of diesel-fired generation in remote First Nations.
Canadian Property Management
Economic reconciliation comes with CRE upside
New guidance explores what's involved in “meaningful consultation” and “equitable access” to benefits in the context of project development and broader commercial real estate business operations.
Canadian Property Management
Indigenous partners on infrastructure agenda
Canada’s leadership has endorsed Indigenous ownership stakes in energy and infrastructure projects, underscoring that they will be pivotal to economic development and national cohesiveness.
Canadian Property Management
New financing option for Indigenous investment
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke are partnering to finance Indigenous involvement in renewable energy infrastructure projects in Quebec.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Nova Scotia awaits gust of wind power generation
Nova Scotia has procured 625 megawatts of wind power generation and signed up 11 large-scale electricity customers for the pending clean energy supply.
Canadian Property Management
Feds launch Indigenous loan guarantee program
The newly launched federal Indigenous loan guarantee program is meant to counter historical obstacles that prevent reserve lands from being used as collateral to obtain private capital.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Indigenous Gaming Partners completes first deal
Indigenous Gaming Partners, a newly formed partnership of five Nova Scotia-based First Nations and Sonco Gaming Inc., has acquired PURE Canadian Gaming and its portfolio of four Alberta casinos.
Canadian Property Management
Equity partnerships generate net-zero progress
A newly released primer from the First Nations Major Projects Coalition highlights clean energy opportunities and some illustrative generation, storage and transmission projects.
