Budget 2023 commits $8.7M to Indigenous resource consultation, eyes housing strategy – National
The liberal federal government has committed $8.7 million to hold further consultations on Indigenous resource sharing, a budget that is relatively small in new spending on reconciliation agendas.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has laid out a spending plan that prioritizes Canada’s transition to a greener economy, offering billions of dollars in new tax credits, health care and affordability.
Reconciliation with indigenous peoples remains a major priority for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, with billions of dollars announced over the past few years, including early in his first mandate.
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Major Indigenous organizations, including the Assembly of First Nations, have told the federal government that billions more are needed to meet current and future infrastructure needs, such as housing.
The budget shows that Ottawa plans to put $4 billion over seven years into an urban, rural and northern Indigenous housing strategy beginning in 2024-2025, but it is still under development.
The federal government also pledged $8.7 million to Natural Resources Canada in the next fiscal year, creating a framework for enabling Indigenous partners to access more resource dollars from projects built on their territories. We consulted about developing a
It will deliver on the promises made in last fall’s economic statement.
The Trudeau administration has emphasized self-determination in recent years when it comes to helping indigenous communities, a stance reflected in Tuesday’s budget.
Provides $30 million over the next five years to the Canadian Indigenous Services Authority to improve land and environmental management programs in protected areas and to “enhance the ability of First Nations to take greater responsibility for their lands, resources and the environment.” We promise that we will be able to develop
An additional $5 million has been pledged in the next fiscal year for the department to participate in the development of an economic reconciliation framework in hopes of enhancing economic opportunities for indigenous peoples and businesses.
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In February, the government pledged $2 billion over the next decade to the Indigenous Health Capital Fund.
In addition, we are committed to spending approximately $16 million over three years to reduce tuberculosis rates in the Inuit community. Before Tuesday’s budget was released, the Inuit Tapirit Kanatami, a national organization representing the Inuit community, had requested about $131 million over seven years for the issue.
The federal government also pledged $2.5 million to advance an action plan to implement the recommendations of the National Survey of Indigenous Women and Girls Killed and Missing in 2019, providing In trust, we have delivered one of our settlement-related promises to the new federal Democrats. Placement.
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