Four Trends In Indigenous Equity Participation In Canada

It is near impossible for any energy, mining or infrastructure projects to be successfully developed in Canada today without securing support and consent from affected Indigenous Peoples. In order to secure that support and consent, more Indigenous Peoples are interested in equity participation in such projects, and more project developers or facility owners are interested in partnering with such Indigenous Peoples to facilitate economic reconciliation and to manage project risk.

Indigenous equity helps to align the interests of the parties in the project or facility, share direct benefits, and build capacity. As a result, numerous financing and other funding programs have been developed to support such investments, but are not yet being fully deployed. We expect to see much more activity in such transactions moving forward.