INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES & RECONCILIATION

Note: this is not an exhaustive list - check out the full budget for more detail!

RECONCILIATION & SELF-DETERMINATION

$11.4 million over three years to Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to engage with Indigenous communities and update the federal guidelines on the Crown’s duty to consult Indigenous peoples.

This aims to support the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and provide clarity on how the government can “ ensure an effective and efficient whole-of-government approach to consultation and accommodating rights” (p 91)

$2.8 billion as part of the Band Class settlement, to establish a trust supporting healing, wellness, education, heritage, language, and commemoration activities (p. 132)

$76.3 million to Indigenous Services Canada to continue supporting First Nations governments and tribal councils delivering programs and services to their members (p 125)

$5 million to Indigenous Services Canada to support the co-development of an Economic Reconciliation

Framework with Indigenous partners with the goal of increasing economic opportunities for Indigenous peoples, communities, and businesses (p. 127)

$8.7 million to Natural Resources Canada to support deeper engagements with Indigenous partners and rights-holders to develop the National Benefits-Sharing Framework (p. 128)

$35.3 million over three years to co-develop a new First Nations-led National Land Registry that will provide communities in First Nations Land Management with more opportunities to realize the economic benefits arising from local control over their lands (p 128)