Windspeaker.comJul 31, 2025

“They're doing some progressive things... They've got this nice piece of property. Function Junction is absolutely a developing area. And there's an opportunity they’ve seized to provide… some nice housing… helping to solve a bit of the #housing crisis up there.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #ecdev #BC

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/funding-first-nations-bank-assist-construction-indigenous-led-development-bc

Funding from First Nations Bank to assist construction of Indigenous-led development in B.C. town

Construction will soon commence on a new development in Function Junction, a neighbourhood in Whistler, a popular tourist town in British Columbia.The Indigenous-led development, which will be called Tseqwtsúqum̓, is made possible with funding from the First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) to the Lil’wat Business Group.The Lil’wat Business Group is the economic arm of Lil’wat Nation. The dollar amount is not being publicly released for the project, which was announced on July 28. 

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Windspeaker.comFeb 23, 2023

Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson is confident new procedures put in place to account for the use of taxpayers’ dollars in the Aboriginal Business Investment Fund will address concerns outlined by the auditor general.

In the report entitled Indigenous Economic Participation released May 2022, Auditor General Doug Wylie concluded that ABIF was missing “the foundational elements of the accountability model.”

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/alberta-minister-confident-controls-over-ec-dev-funds-promises-good-news

#Indigenous #ecdev #business #Alberta #grant

Alberta minister confident in controls over ec-dev funds, promises good news budget for Indigenous Relations

Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson is confident that new procedures put in place to account for the use of taxpayers’ dollars in the $5 million Aboriginal Business Investment Fund (ABIF) address concerns outlined by the auditor general last year.

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Windspeaker.comDec 15, 2022

A business alliance between the 17 member nations of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations in Alberta is expected to present new opportunities that will pave the way to economic independence.

Treaty 6 Grand Chief George Arcand, Jr., who is also chief of the Alexander First Nation, and seven other chiefs joined on Dec. 14 as the first signatories to the Confederacy Investors Group Ltd. Partnership.

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/treaty-6-first-nations-join-forces-navigate-colonial-systems-benefit-big

#FirstNations #business #ecdev #Alberta #investment #partnership

Treaty 6 First Nations join forces to navigate colonial systems to benefit big from business projects

A business alliance between the 17 member nations of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations in Alberta is expected to present new opportunities that will pave the way to economic independence. “We are stronger when we work together and this historic alliance will enable us to invest in big industry projects and other opportunities we may not have been able to obtain on our own through individual bidding,” said Treaty 6 Grand Chief George Arcand, Jr.

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André Darmanin (he/him)Dec 1, 2022

Utterly pathetic. Landlords raising rents and killing small local biz in inner suburbs of #Toronto. What is #Roncy BIA and city councillors, mayor, #ecdev Dept doing ? I hate that these hoods are taken over by fast food chains because they can afford it or these hoods are left bare. #TOCouncil #topoli #urbaneconomics #recession

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/roncesvalles-closures-high-commercial-rents-1.6669874