Indigenous community wants to sit down with N.S. premier to discuss green energy development plan – CTV News

January 23, 2025

Indigenous leaders in Nova Scotia are urging Premier Tim Houston to sit down with them and share the green energy and natural resource plan he issued in a memo to caucus members on Wednesday.

The memo outlined Houston’s priorities for growing the green economy and expanding the development of natural and the mining of critical minerals like lithium.

John Paul, executive director for the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs, emphasized the contributions Indigenous businesses make to the economy, suggesting Indigenous companies contribute $6 billion to the Atlantic Canadian economy each year. In Nova Scotia that includes more than 700 Indigenous-owned businesses.

Paul stressed the importance of collaboration and for the Houston government to include First Nations communities in all economic pursuits that involve developing natural resources and economic opportunities.

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