Ms. Garima Dwivedi at the Finance Committee

On June 1st, 2021. See this statement in context.

June 1st, 2021 / 5:25 p.m.

Director General, Indigenous Institutions and Governance Modernization, Resolution and Partnerships, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

Garima Dwivedi

That's correct.

Currently, first nations cannot use revenues from, for example, the FNGST, the first nations goods and services tax, or the sales tax, to secure capital through the market, through the First Nations Finance Authority. This would remove a barrier for them to do that.

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