Question Period Note: CanNor Support for Indigenous Economic Development and Reconciliation in the Territories

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Reference number:
CANNOR-2022-1
Date received:
Apr 26, 2022
Organization:
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Name of Minister:
Vandal, Dan (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

Issue/Question:

What CanNor is doing to support Indigenous economic development and reconciliation in the Territories.

Suggested Response:

• Our Government is committed to working with our Indigenous partners to advance economic reconciliation in the territories and Budget 2022 announced an additional $15M over 5 years for CanNor to continue advancing Indigenous economic reconciliation in the territories.
• In the past 3 years, CanNor has invested over $97M in over 250 Indigenous led projects, representing nearly 65% of CanNor’s regular programming budget.

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