Budget 2026: Indigenous investment
Budget 2026 highlights Indigenous equity ownership through the $10 billion Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program, including the Tla'amin Nation Tree Farm, a $715 million guarantee for Darlington, and an offer of a 15% Trans Mountain stake. It proposes consolidating the guarantee program in the Canada Infrastructure Bank and a new $451.8 million Indigenous workforce fund, and describes $32 billion over 10 years for First Nations housing and infrastructure.
Ownership and loan guarantees
Loan guarantees and equity stakes in major projects.
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The $10 billion Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program supports making that possible by giving Indigenous communities access to more affordable financing to invest in major projects. With three loan guarantees already issued, Budget 2026 announces the Tla’amin Nation Tree Farm project in British Columbia:
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The $10 billion Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program supports making that possible by giving Indigenous communities access to more affordable financing to invest in major projects. With three loan guarantees already issued, Budget 2026 announces the Tla’amin Nation Tree Farm project in British Columbia:
Tla’amin Nation Tree Farm: Supporting Tla’amin Nation in acquiring 100% ownership of Western Forest Products’ Stillwater Forest Operation, a major forestry asset within its traditional territory, providing stable revenues and creating local economic opportunities.
Budget 2026 - Masters of our Destiny · PDF p. 59Full cited page
Tla’amin Nation Tree Farm: Supporting Tla’amin Nation in acquiring 100% ownership of Western Forest Products’ Stillwater Forest Operation, a major forestry asset within its traditional territory, providing stable revenues and creating local economic opportunities.
Through a $715 million federal-provincial loan guarantee, seven Williams Treaties First Nations are investing in the project and will collectively acquire a significant minority interest in the project
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Through a $715 million federal-provincial loan guarantee, seven Williams Treaties First Nations are investing in the project and will collectively acquire a significant minority interest in the project
The September 2026 offer to 128 Indigenous groups for a collective 15% ownership share in Trans Mountain Corporation marks an important milestone in fulfilling that commitment.
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The September 2026 offer to 128 Indigenous groups for a collective 15% ownership share in Trans Mountain Corporation marks an important milestone in fulfilling that commitment.
Move responsibility for the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to the Minister of Finance, focus the CIB’s mandate on providing loans and loan guarantees to support major investments in Canadian infrastructure, and consolidate the Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program within the CIB. This will centralise Indigenous major project investment support within the CIB and allow it to better execute on its mandate to support projects in Canada.
Budget 2026 - Masters of our Destiny · PDF p. 324Full cited page
Move responsibility for the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to the Minister of Finance, focus the CIB’s mandate on providing loans and loan guarantees to support major investments in Canadian infrastructure, and consolidate the Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program within the CIB. This will centralise Indigenous major project investment support within the CIB and allow it to better execute on its mandate to support projects in Canada.
Workforce and community funding
Workforce readiness fund and long-term housing and infrastructure funding.
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Launching a new Partnerships for Indigenous Workforce Readiness Fund. Alongside the existing Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program, the Fund would continue to support foundational skills and employment training through Indigenous service delivery organisations and provide a streamlined and flexible mechanism to align Indigenous workforce investments with national economic priorities. Budget 2026 proposes to provide $451.8 million over four years beginning in 2027-28, and $48 million ongoing (including new and existing funding) to launch the Fund.
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Launching a new Partnerships for Indigenous Workforce Readiness Fund. Alongside the existing Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program, the Fund would continue to support foundational skills and employment training through Indigenous service delivery organisations and provide a streamlined and flexible mechanism to align Indigenous workforce investments with national economic priorities. Budget 2026 proposes to provide $451.8 million over four years beginning in 2027-28, and $48 million ongoing (including new and existing funding) to launch the Fund.
Budget 2026 is making a historic investment of $32 billion over 10 years to provide long-term funding certainty, accelerate shovel-ready housing projects, and transform how Canada invests in First Nations housing and infrastructure, helping communities build faster, better, and stronger.
Budget 2026 - Masters of our Destiny · PDF p. 58Full cited page
Budget 2026 is making a historic investment of $32 billion over 10 years to provide long-term funding certainty, accelerate shovel-ready housing projects, and transform how Canada invests in First Nations housing and infrastructure, helping communities build faster, better, and stronger.
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