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Equity is important because without it the individual, community or business development corporation has an infinitely more difficult time in starting and sustaining a path to wealth creation through economic development.
Access to capital remains a barrier. In addition, we need to establish a pure equity fund. Access to capital—grants and low-cost debt—especially for large economic ventures in various industries such as a host of clean energy initiatives, mining, resource development, food security, infrastructure and more remains very difficult to secure. It's very difficult in the current capital resource economy for first nations to enter, and for many decades we've been behind, through a blockade on first nations' ability to meaningfully participate in the agricultural sector. It has been very difficult for us to engage because of the capital required and the bureaucratic interference in first nations' ability to enter these now very capital-intensive economies.
Land conversion for reserve status is a huge part of that. The isolation and lack of infrastructure are hugely important to that.
Procurement opportunities still remain abysmal when it comes to first nations. Regardless of the policy direction that's given through Ottawa, it is not always benefiting the first nations that really need to be given the opportunity to have investment in our communities.