The existing projects that have been referred to the MPO do have a varying level of first nations participation. Some are championed through equity partnerships, and some are not quite there. Many of those have not yet benefited from some of the programs that were identified through the Building Canada Act generally, largely because they had already started prior to the creation of that act.
I'll conclude by saying that there are a variety of first nations, as Ben shared, that are expecting additional resources to support the preconditions needed, even to participate within major project development.
