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.

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.

A newly released primer from the First Nations Major Projects Coalition highlights clean energy opportunities and some illustrative generation, storage and transmission projects.

Clean energy projects present a burgeoning means for Indigenous peoples to assert stewardship of natural resources, nurture sustainable economic growth and curb reliance on fossil fuels.

Indigenous partnerships can offer construction companies a competitive advantage, and the answer to the industry’s aging demographic.