Partnerships, an avenue for economic reconciliation with First Nations

Economic reconciliation represents an avenue for many First Nations to take charge of their own development, using the resources of their ancestral territory. One of these avenues is through partnerships to establish fair and equitable relationships.

In an article published in Le Devoir, Alexandre Bacon, founding president and senior advisor of the Ashukan Institute, cites as an example the Mashteuiatsh community’s decision to develop its territory’s energy resources at the turn of the 1990s. This decision led to the construction of the Minashtuk power station on the Mistassibi River. This first project paved the way for other partnerships to develop mini-power stations.

Today, the community is taking advantage of this experience to develop new renewable energy projects, and is looking to the future.

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