Promise History
3.03.078 - “A re-elected Liberal government will be […] [c]ontinuing to develop a new national benefits-sharing framework to ensure that First Nations communities directly benefit from major resource projects in their territories.”
15-Jan-2025
The national benefit-sharing framework continues its development.
“From fall 2023 and throughout the first half of 2024, RCan held in-person roundtable discussions and bilateral meetings across the country with Métis, Inuit, and First Nations (including Modern Treaty holders, self-governing nations, and historic treaty partners)”
Developing the Framework - Natural Resources Canada
07-Apr-2022
“Budget 2022 proposes to provide $131.3 million over five years, starting in 2022-23, as follows: 103.4 million over five years, starting in 2022-23, to Natural Resources Canada to develop a National Benefit-Sharing Framework, and the expansion of both the Indigenous Partnership Office and the Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships program. At least $25 million of this funding should be dedicated to early engagement and Indigenous communities’ capacity building to support their participation in the critical minerals strategy. These investments will provide opportunities for Indigenous communities to benefit from all types of natural resources projects, including critical minerals. $27.9 million over two years, starting in 2022-23, to Natural Resources Canada for the Line 3 and the Trans Mountain Expansion Project pipelines’ Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees, to enable Indigenous communities to identify common priorities and provide informed advice on these projects.”
Reference Documents
“This coincides with the Department’s unprecedented pledge to advance Indigenous relationships, partnerships and reconciliation. We will continue to strengthen these relationships as TMX and other projects move forward. The Government of Canada recognizes it is critical to collaborate with both industry and Indigenous communities as we co-develop Canada’s natural resources.”
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