Call to Action #84

Reform government policy and legislation to remove all barriers to Indigenous access to capital.

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Supporting Evidence

“Partners in Prosperity” Analyzing the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation

Type of Evidence: Academic Literature

Summary of Key Findings:
The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC) fails to address colonial dispossession by adopting a neoliberal approach that integrates Indigenous peoples into the free market, lacks guarantees for meaningful consultation, and primarily serves to rebrand Alberta’s energy industry by allowing corporations to claim Indigenous approval without genuinely engaging with Indigenous concerns or sovereignty.

Topics & Keywords:
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, Colonial dispossession, Consultation and consent, Decolonial lens, Economic reconciliation

Limitations:
The AIOC’s key limitations include a lack of consultation guarantees, race-based leadership composition, failure to address colonial dispossession and Indigenous sovereignty, reliance on the Indian Act to define indigeneity, failure to fulfill its mandate for sustainable funds and equality, inadequate advancement of reconciliation, and concentration of decision-making power with the provincial government.

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