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Indigenous Issues

Indigenous employment platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Establish a national benefits-sharing framework to ensure First Nations directly benefit form major resource projects in their territories.
  • Have at least 5% of federal contracts awarded to Indigenous-led businesses.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Indigenous employment.

NDP

  • Develop a new fiscal relationship between the Crown and Indigenous government.
  • Create jobs through infrastructure and expanded access to broadband Internet and cell service.
  • Commit to Indigenous entrepreneurs.
  • Create a Northern Infrastructure Fund for roads and Internet.

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A new fiscal relationship means secure funding to support programs and services, and access to revenue streams to help close the socio-economic gap and support self-government.

Making sure that Indigenous communities thrive also means working in partnership with Indigenous peoples to expand economic opportunities and create good jobs in Indigenous communities all across the country.

A New Democrat government will work with Indigenous communities to encourage economic development and create good jobs through infrastructure investments and expanded access to broadband internet and cell service for rural and remote communities. We commit to working with Indigenous entrepreneurs to find solutions for accessing capital and scale up investing in Indigenous social enterprise projects and entrepreneurship.

Smaller Indigenous communities left behind by the current funding model need dedicated regional economic development support to help expand economic opportunities in a way that reflects the community’s social and cultural values.

A New Democrat government will also create a Northern Infrastructure Fund to fast-track investment and focus on improving much needed infrastructure like roads and broadband internet for communities in the North.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any Bloc policies on Indigenous employment.
We don't have any Green policies on Indigenous employment.
We don't have any PPC policies on Indigenous employment.

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