Eighteen Indigenous-led economic development projects in northern Ontario are receiving nearly $7 million in funding from the federal government. The announcement was made by Patty Hajdu, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, Minister of Indigenous Services, and Minister Responsible for FedNor, at a media event on Friday. The projects span both northwestern and northeastern Ontario.
Eighteen Indigenous-led economic development projects in northern Ontario are getting a financial boost from the federal government.Posted: Sep 20, 2024 7:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoEighteen Indigenous-led economic development projects in northern Ontario are getting a financial boost from the federal government.
A dozen of the projects are in northwestern Ontario, and the remaining six in the northeast. They include: $300,000 for Matawa First Nations Management to help increase private-sector development in member communities;About $279,000 for Cat Lake First Nation, to complete a sustainable ecological and economic master plan, and
"There are a number of different projects that will support all kinds of action and remote communities, support for small businesses, support for communities actually to think about how they contribute to the power grid, for example," she said. "These are the kinds of projects that I think help accelerate economic independence for First Nations."
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