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Proposed initiatives range from forgiving land claims loans to preserving Indigenous languages. | CBCNews

While $2 billion of the proposed spending for Indigenous services would be new money, supplementary estimates tabled in Parliament show that more than $53 million in net transfers from various departments would go to a wide range of Indigenous programs and projects.First Nations Community Policing Services

The tabling of the supplementary estimates comes as tensions are running high over Indigenous-led rail blockades that have crippled Canada's freight network. The spending Parliament is being asked to authorize is in keeping with the Liberal government's commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous communities and promises it made in its last budget.

The government announced in its budget last year that it would repay or forgive $1.4 billion in loans the government gave Indigenous communities — many of them in British Columbia — to allow them to participate in land claims negotiations. The Department of Indigenous Services is to receive $150 million for emergency management service providers on reserves across Canada, while $18.1 million has been earmarked to strengthen environmental protections and address the concerns raised by Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain Expansion project.

"Canada's Conservatives have long advocated for the federal Liberal government to take more steps to ensure Indigenous peoples across the country are able to more fully participate in Canada's economy," he wrote in a statement. "We will continue to use our strengthened opposition to ensure that any new funding for Indigenous programs, projects and initiatives is used to make real and measurable improvements.

 

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News Now we get to what Trudope is good at! Crying, apologizing and giving away taxpayer money.

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