Kinew pitching Indigenous Crown entity to review, approve economic projects – Winnipeg Free Press
Aug. 8, 2025
The Manitoba government is proposing a new Crown corporation to proactively assemble Indigenous leaders for reviews and approvals of economic development projects.
Premier Wab Kinew started meeting with First Nations and Métis policy-makers in the spring to pitch a “Crown Indigenous corporation.”
“We need future generations of our people to know that, although we recognize and we stand firm in our treaty, we’re willing, at times, to compromise and to make accommodations… that make sense, and this might make sense,” said Derek Nepinak, chief of Minegoziibe Anishinabe, also known as Pine Creek First Nation.
