{"id":16521,"date":"2025-12-10T01:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/new-crown-corporation-will-ensure-indigenous-involvement-from-start-of-major-projects-kinew\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T01:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:20:58","slug":"new-crown-corporation-will-ensure-indigenous-involvement-from-start-of-major-projects-kinew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/new-crown-corporation-will-ensure-indigenous-involvement-from-start-of-major-projects-kinew\/","title":{"rendered":"New Crown corporation will ensure Indigenous involvement from start of major projects: Kinew"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-67693\">\n<div>\n<header>      <\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/thegitchemanitou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/67693-new-crown-corporation-will-ensure-indigenous-involvement-from-start-of-major-projects-kinew.jpg\" alt=\"new-crown-corporation-will-ensure-indigenous-involvement-from-start-of-major-projects:-kinew\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span>New Crown corporation will ensure Indigenous involvement from start of major projects: Kinew<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Manitoba\u00b7NewIndigenous leaders say they\u2019re hopeful Manitoba is finally taking its duty to consult seriously, after the government revealed more details Tuesday about its planned office to approve significant economic development projects.Premier says he wants obstacles, lawsuits to be a thing of the past with new Crown-Indigenous corporationIan Froese  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Dec 09, 2025 9:00 PM EST | Last Updated: 30 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.A beluga whale surfaces for air near the Port of Churchill, in Churchill, Man., in September 2025. The province hopes it can push forward a major expansion project by ensuring Indigenous people are involved in the planning process. (Darren Bernhardt\/CBC)Indigenous leaders say they\u2019re hopeful Manitoba is finally taking its duty to consult seriously, after the government revealed more details Tuesday about its planned office to approve significant economic development projects.Premier Wab Kinew said too many government consultations with Indigenous people result in a bitter fight.\u201dBy the time you end up in a courtroom on a big project, you\u2019ve already lost,\u201d Kinew said Tuesday, after his state of the province address at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon.His proposal is a new office, a Crown-Indigenous corporation, that will be responsible for guiding major economic development and trade corridor projects through the regulatory hurdles.The big difference is that Indigenous communities will be involved in the approval process from the beginning, he said.His government is trying to \u201cchange the conversation away from being one of barriers and risks and lawsuits, [and] more towards, \u2018How do we make money for everybody? How do we create jobs for everybody?&#8217;\u201d Kinew told reporters.The premier said the new office will be a true partnership, with a board evenly split between government appointees and Indigenous representatives.The NDP government is planning to introduce legislation this spring to create the new corporation.Hope for \u2018new beginning\u2019: AMCAfter the premier\u2019s speech, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson said she\u2019s optimistic the government\u2019s new approach to consultation will prove to be meaningful. \u201cWe always hear [about] the government-to-government discussion and relationship that needs to happen,\u201d she said.\u201dMy hope going forward is that this will be a new beginning of how the province of Manitoba will work with First Nations leadership.\u201dManitoba M\u00e9tis Federation president David Chartrand said the province could become a national leader in proactively soliciting Indigenous support.He believes now is the time for Manitoba to capitalize on the momentum for \u201cnation-building\u201d projects, and he doesn\u2019t want the province to pass up the opportunity to advance the Port of Churchill expansion.\u201dIf we miss this \u2026 and it sails by us, we have made this province a continued have-not province.\u201dLast month, the province put up $51 million to upgrade the Hudson Bay Railway line and build new storage and loading systems.The federal government has expressed its commitment to the Churchill project, but it isn\u2019t listed yet on Ottawa\u2019s official list of major projects of \u201cnational importance.\u201dAccording to Kinew\u2019s office, the project will involve a port expansion of some sort, an upgraded Hudson Bay Railway, and an all-weather road to Churchill and perhaps other northern Manitoba destinations.It will also involve the presence of icebreakers in Hudson Bay, and an \u201cenergy corridor\u201d thatcould involve the transport or transmissionof liquefied natural gas, crude oil, natural gas, electricity or hydrogen, according to the premier\u2019s office. WATCH | Manitoba\u2019s new approach to approving major economic projects:Manitoba plans new corporation to approve major projectsManitoba\u2019s government is planning to create a new Crown-Indigenous corporation to push through major economic projects. 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