Publication: Questions on Ottawa’s Indigenous mortgage program. And extra . . .

Our e-newsletter: 28 March 2024

We’ve got questions on the federal mortgage program

With the federal authorities planning to incorporate an Indigenous loan-guarantee program in its 2024-5 funds on April 16, we’ve got raised some points and questions.

• Will this system enable for funding in oil and gasoline ventures?
• Will it enable for Indigenous funding past “pure assets”?
• What position will the feds enable Indigenous Peoples to play within the governance of this system?
• Will this system cowl capability help for Indigenous teams?

Learn extra: https://ow.ly/HvH150QZ9Ve

And our due to Shannon Joseph, chair of Vitality for a Safe Future Canada, for session on this.

Woodfibre LNG’s assurance on housing

Christine Kennedy, president of Woodfibre LNG, units the report straight: With non-local staff housed in a cruise-ship “floatel,’ the venture won’t affect housing in Squamish. ‘You have got my phrase on it.’

Nation2Nation: Get your tickets now

From Nation2Nation: Be a part of us on a journey to empowerment and self-confidence. Register right here for our Ladies’s Gathering in Prince Rupert April 25-26: https://ow.ly/x08v50QQCyU

The Alliance is a associate on this occasion.

Indigenous clean-energy information

• Ottawa and Newfoundland and Labrador work on low-carbon plan, alongside Indigenous teams and trade: https://ow.ly/uIhB50QY7yj
• Feds announce new funding for Indigenous-owned and -led renewable vitality, vitality effectivity, or low-carbon heating initiatives: https://ow.ly/mq2S50QZRZO

And from Down Beneath:

ALSO IN THE NEWS

• Canada brushes off one more nation begging it for LNG: https://ow.ly/RWo950R2kKe
• Canada will have a look at supporting extra LNG terminals if they’re economically possible.— Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: https://ow.ly/EcKT50R0xQ5
• Canadian LNG is Indigenous LNG. And our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen, says: ‘The alternatives for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities alike might be important.’ https://ow.ly/qwz450QY9YY
• The oil-gas sector injects $52 billion into Canada’s GDP, representing a 2.5% share of the nation’s financial output: https://ow.ly/CeyO50R2L1G
• Pure assets give B.C. $31.6 billion of GDP — and that may go up when LNG Canada goes on-line: https://ow.ly/cs7a50QZFHU
• C.’s rising LNG trade will double provincial natural-gas revenues: https://bit.ly/490IL85
• Australia’s Woodside to purchase 5 instances extra LNG from US and Mexico, and eyes BC as properly: https://ow.ly/7h6150R1L7t

DATES

• The First Nations Main Tasks Coalition’s seventh annual convention, Toronto, April 22-23: https://ow.ly/wvRi50R3E1y
• Indigenous Useful resource Alternatives Convention, Nanaimo: April 24 – 26: https://ow.ly/zrnb50QsQrL Audio system embrace John Alan Jack (Sayaač̓atḥ), elected chief councillor of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations and treasurer of our Alliance.
• Nation2Nation Ladies’s Gathering, Prince Rupert, April 25-26: https://ow.ly/P47f50Qu4MZ (The Alliance is a associate on this occasion.)
• Transformation in Vitality Summit, Calgary, Could 13-15: https://ow.ly/LPar50QtFi2
• The Worldwide Fuel Analysis Convention, Banff, Could 13-16: https://ow.ly/YCMV50Q9E6j. (Our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen, is on the nationwide governing physique: https://igrc2024.org/)
• Ahead Summit: Empowering Indigenous Economies, Could 14-15, Tsuut’ina Nation, close to Calgary: https://ow.ly/Ebx750QnWXf
• Generate 2024 clean-energy convention, Could 23-24, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/FWeH50QZJk8. Early-bird pricing in impact till April 30.
• Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase, June 5-6, Vancouver Conference Centre: https://ow.ly/uiop50QjxVH
• Nationwide Coalition of Chiefs Vitality and Pure Useful resource Summit, June 9-10, Tsuut’ina Nation, close to Calgary: https://ow.ly/B2Rs50QN7aw
• World Vitality Present, Calgary, June 11-13: https://ow.ly/mKwP50R2K0Z
• Ahead Summit East, Sept. 25-26, Orillia ON; https://ow.ly/i65h50QnWYR
• Ahead Summit West Coast, Oct. 22-23, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/4UQe50R3CY2

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(Posted right here 31 March 2024)