Call to Action #67

The status is Active. Responsive activity exists through federal and provincial loan guarantees, infrastructure financing, and project-level transactions that enable Indigenous equity participation in infrastructure and major projects. The strongest evidence includes the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s Indigenous Equity Initiative, which lends to First Nation, Métis, and Inuit communities so they can purchase equity stakes in infrastructure projects; the federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program, launched in 2024 and later expanded to $10 billion for major projects beyond energy and natural resources; and federal guarantees supporting Indigenous equity stakes in the Westcoast pipeline system and the Chatham-to-Lakeshore transmission line. Provincial examples strengthen the Active finding: Alberta’s AIOC has supported specific Indigenous equity transactions, Saskatchewan provided a $100 million loan guarantee for six Indigenous partners to acquire at least 30 percent equity in the Seven Stars wind project, and Ontario’s Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program enables Indigenous financial participation in Ontario-based infrastructure projects. The tax-incentive element is narrower, with the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit including certain Indigenous-government-owned corporations, but no broad infrastructure-wide corporate tax incentive was found.