Explains how loan guarantees can reduce financing costs and enable Indigenous equity ownership in major projects. Helps leadership evaluate program fit, readiness steps, and governance required to proceed.
The purpose of this primer is to help inform discussions with First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC), Canada membership on how equity loan guarantees can be leveraged to help First Nations access competitively priced capital to finance equity investment and ownership opportunities in major projects across the country. This primer is timely as the Government of Canada recently announced its intention to launch a federal equity loan guarantee program that supports Indigenous equity investment and ownership in Canada’s
natural resource sector. Considerations on program design, First Nation business preparedness, and next steps are highlighted.
