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DRUM BEATS
| Carney’s Prospectus Lists 160+ Projects Ahead of Summit |
| With just days remaining before Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first Canada Investment Summit opens in Toronto on 14 September, organisers have released a 66-page prospectus outlining more than 160 projects open for investment, including a proposed $10.9-billion high-speed rail link between Edmonton and Calgary and a planned $57-billion Port of Churchill expansion. The document, framed as a snapshot of opportunities across multiple asset classes and stages of development, spans energy, critical minerals, marine and port infrastructure, power, digital technology, advanced manufacturing and transportation, and is pitched as part of Ottawa’s plan to unlock more than C$1 trillion in new private sector capital over five years. Several of the largest projects in Canada’s trillion dollar investment agenda runs through Indigenous land or featuring Indigenous equity partnerships agreements that underpin project development.Among them is the Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG terminal in northern British Columbia, a partnership with Rockies LNG Partners and Western LNG that is now backed by Shell, TotalEnergies and Blackstone. The project is approaching a final investment decision this year after executing benefits agreements with Indigenous nations in June. The Atikamekw Nation also holds a majority ownership interest in the proposed C$31.8 billion Kino Aski LNG corridor, which would connect the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to the Port of Baie-Comeau in Québec. The prospectus also includes the C$57 billion Port of Churchill expansion in northern Manitoba, the C$10.9 billion Edmonton–Calgary high-speed rail project, and 63 critical minerals and metals opportunities, many located on Indigenous territories where more than 70 per cent of Canada’s critical minerals are found. |
| Canada’s C$7.5 Billion Tariff Response Backs Indigenous Port and Training Projects in Northern B.C. |
| The Government of Canada announced on 4 September an investment of over C$11 million for ten businesses and organisations across northern British Columbia to support jobs, productivity and growth in sectors affected by global trade disruptions. Among the recipients, Portland Canal Terminals LP, a Stewart-based port operator and Indigenous-led partnership, is receiving C$672,134 to support engineering studies and planning for the modernisation and expansion of the Port of Stewart. The project will strengthen supply chain infrastructure, support critical minerals exports, and create economic opportunities in Northwest B.C. and Indigenous communities. The Indigenous Food Sovereignty Association in Kitwanga is receiving C$1.6 million (approximately £855,600) to construct a multi-functional trades training centre and food hub for Indigenous learners from rural and remote communities.The investments were provided through PacifiCan’s Regional Tariff Response Initiative and the Community Economic Development and Diversification Programme, part of a broader C$7.5 billion federal package to defend Canadian businesses and workers from the effects of tariffs. Since August 2021, PacifiCan has invested over C$33.6 million in 85 projects across Northern B.C. The Port of Stewart investment sits alongside the North Coast Transmission Line groundbreaking announced the day before, reinforcing the pattern of federal capital flowing into the same corridor where Indigenous partnership and critical minerals potential converge. |
| Canada holds the strongeInvestors Signal Record Confidence in Canada Despite Escalating Trade War st investor retention of any market surveyed, according to CPP Investments research published this week, with 94 per cent of respondents planning to maintain or grow their Canadian exposure over the next three years, ahead of Japan and the United States. Only 3 per cent expect to scale back, the lowest reduction rate in the survey, while 38 per cent anticipate increasing capital deployment to Canada specifically, a figure surpassed only by Japan. The findings land as Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on US goods, covering C$20 billion of American imports, took effect this week following the collapse of trade talks with Washington last month. Ottawa is accelerating efforts to diversify trade and investment beyond the United States, with Prime Minister Mark Carney due to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg next week, an invitation the EU’s ambassador to Canada has called exceptional for a non-European leader, ahead of negotiations this autumn on a new security and economic partnership.That confidence was on display at Canada-UK Nuclear Day 2026, held at Canada House in London alongside the World Nuclear Symposium, where government leaders, industry executives and investors gathered to deepen collaboration across the nuclear sector. A keynote on Indigenous Partnership and Public Confidence in Nuclear featured Cameco’s Grant Isaac, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Sheldon M. Wuttunee, President and CEO of the Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence. One of the strongest signals raised went beyond the stage itself: the Williams Treaties First Nations, backed by the largest Indigenous loan guarantee in Canadian history, hold an option on completion to convert their position into a C$700 million equity stake in the Darlington New Nuclear Project, which would mark the first Indigenous ownership of a nuclear facility in Canada. |
| Ottawa Breaks Ground on C$3.9 Billion Transmission Line to Unlock Clean Power, LNG and Critical Minerals |
| The Government of Canada and British Columbia broke ground on 3 September on Phase 1 of the North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL), an expansion of the electricity transmission line running from Prince George to Terrace that will more than double the availability of clean, low-cost power along Canada’s West Coast. Under the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement signed in July, Ottawa and the province are committing C$3.9 billion towards phases 1 and 2.The province has framed the project as a collective effort that respects Indigenous rights and supports economic participation, with the NCTL serving as the foundation of the Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor, a region earmarked for Indigenous project leadership alongside critical minerals and energy development. The Canada Infrastructure Bank provided a C$139.5 million loan to BC Hydro to fast-track pre-construction work, including First Nations engagement, ensuring Phase 1 was ready for groundbreaking. Once complete, the NCTL is expected to create C$10 billion in new economic activity and nearly 10,000 jobs, unlocking projects including the Ksi Lisims LNG facility and critical minerals developments in the Golden Triangle. It follows Carney’s C$70 billion Churchill Falls agreement announced in August and sits inside the same National Electricity Strategy to double Canada’s grid by 2050. |
| 🎧 On This Week’s Drumbeats, A Special Episode: $1 Trillion Investment Agenda Runs Through Indigenous Land |
| Next week, Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes 250 of the world’s largest institutional investors to Toronto for the first Canada Investment Summit, where more than C$1 trillion in investment opportunities will be presented. Every major energy, mining, infrastructure and defence project in that pipeline runs through Indigenous land. The Canadian Indigenous Investment Summit is where the partnerships behind those projects are built. This special episode of Drumbeats, recorded at the London Stock Exchange in April, brings together Indigenous leaders, institutional investors, senior bankers and government officials to explain how those partnerships work, why they matter, and what global investors need to understand. What do investors need to understand about partnering with Indigenous nations in Canada? Here are excerpts from the episode: |
| Rob Brant: ”This does feel like a hinge moment in Canadian history. You will have heard that Canada has what the world needs: resources, stability, a willing population and a creative and willing Indigenous population who’ve been stewards for thousands of years of those lands now called Canada. And we’re ready to take our rightful place not just in the Canadian economy, but in the global one.” Fred Di Blasio: ”I like to say that Canada really is the world’s largest emerging market opportunity with none of the attendant risks. You’ve got a stable government, you’ve got a stable currency, you’ve got a legal framework that is jurisprudence-driven, and those are really appealing attributes.” Jonathan Davey: ”If you’re interested in investing in projects of national interest in Canada and looking at Indigenous partners, just remember that if you partner with an Indigenous group, the likelihood is that you get lower cost of funds. Indigenous partners are being invited in to invest in these projects. They’re preferred investors. And there’s a strong likelihood that the projects will get permitted faster if there’s more Indigenous partners at the table.” Sean Willy: ”Indigenous nations are no longer participants at the table. They’re building and owning the table itself. The question for every investor and institution in the room is not whether to engage, it’s whether you move quickly enough to be a relevant partner.” Mark Magnacca: ”The Indigenous leaders and organisations in this room are not partners of circumstance. They are partners of choice, and the investors who understand that early will hold an advantage over those who come to the same conclusion later. That is the investment case, and that’s why the Forum exists.” This conversation has been edited for brevity. Listen to the full episode on The Drumbeats Podcast. |
| The Bigger Picture |
| What do investors need to understand about partnering with Indigenous nations in Canada? Here are excerpts from the episode: Trade tensions may dominate the headlines, but this week’s numbers, from the Summit prospectus to the North Coast Transmission Line, tell a steadier story. Indigenous equity partnership continues to underpin the projects Canada is betting on. We’ll be back next week with more stories covering Indigenous investment in Canada. |
