Question Period Note: Budget 2025 – Northern Investments

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Reference number:
NA-2025-QP-2880
Date received:
Nov 5, 2025
Organization:
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Name of Minister:
Chartrand, Rebecca (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs

Issue/Question:

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Suggested Response:

• Budget 2025 is good news for Northerners as it will bring strong investments to the North, ensuring northern infrastructure is at the heart of Canada’s nation-building agenda. These investments will support economic development and job creation in Northern communities while also strengthening Canada’s sovereignty.

• To ensure that Indigenous and local voices are central to decisions through the Arctic Infrastructure Fund, Budget 2025 proposed funding to the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, to help accelerate regulatory processes, including consultation, in the North.

• Budget 2025, also announced support for the Inuit Nunangat University, through the Build Communities Strong Fund.

Background:

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Additional Information:

If pressed on Territorial Lands Act

• I will be working with the Government of Nunavut to amend the Territorial Lands Act to advance the national interests of Canada and the interests of Inuit in Nunavut.