Contribution: Indigenous and Local Communities Engagement and Partnership Program

To build Indigenous and local communities' capacity to support the development of partnership and collaborative opportunities between TC and Indigenous groups, as well as amongst Indigenous groups for the purpose of administrating and implementing elements of the transportation system. To create opportunities for Indigenous groups to gather information, provide their views, and collect, protect and utilize Indigenous knowledge for the purposes of implementing TC initiatives, obtain responses to their concerns about decisions and inform decision makers in their consideration of potential adverse impact on Indigenous rights before making decisions. To encourage and support the participation of and collaboration with Indigenous groups in TC's consultation and engagement processes regarding TC's programs, policies, processes, regulations, legislations and directives.

Accroître la capacité des communautés autochtones et locales d'appuyer le développement de possibilités de partenariat et de collaboration entre TC et les groupes autochtones, ainsi qu'entre les groupes autochtones, dans le but d'administrer et de mettre en S
uvre des éléments du système de transport. Donner aux groupes autochtones l'opportunité de recueillir de l'information, d'exprimer leurs points de vue, de recueillir, de protéger et d'utiliser les connaissances autochtones aux fins de la mise en S
uvre des initiatives de Transports Canada, d'obtenir des réponses à leurs préoccupations concernant les décisions et d'informer les décideurs de l'éventuelle incidence négative sur les peuples autochtones et leur droits avant de prendre des décisions. Encourager et appuyer la participation et la collaboration des groupes autochtones aux processus de consultation et de mobilisation de TC concernant les programmes, les politiques, les processus, les règlements, les lois et les directives de TC.

Indigenous and local communities are engaged; Consultations with Indigenous communities are facilitated; and Policy and program dialogue with Indigenous peoples informs the implementation of policy, legislation and program.

Participation des collectivités autochtones et locales; Faciliter les consultations auprès des collectivités autochtones; et Le dialogue avec les Autochtones sur la politique et le programme permet de prendre des décisions éclairées pour la mise en S
uvre de politiques, de lois et de programmes.

The overall objective of this harmonized program is to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples by encouraging effective Indigenous participation and collaboration in consultation and engagement processes regarding policies, processes, regulations, legislation and directives; to build Indigenous capacity for the purpose of administrating and implementing elements of the transportation system; and to create opportunities for Indigenous groups to gather information, provide their views, and collect, protect and utilize Indigenous knowledge in decision making.

The overall objective of this harmonized program is to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples by encouraging effective Indigenous participation and collaboration in consultation and engagement processes regarding policies, processes, regulations, legislation and directives; to build Indigenous capacity for the purpose of administrating and implementing elements of the transportation system; and to create opportunities for Indigenous groups to gather information, provide their views, and collect, protect and utilize Indigenous knowledge in decision making.