Media Advisory – Wasoqonatl Transmission Line, Canada Infrastructure Bank announcement

Press Release

MILLBROOK, ON, Jan. 20, 2026 – Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO Ehren Cory will be joined by First Nations leaders, federal and provincial ministers and municipal leaders at an announcement and media availability about an Indigenous equity investment in the Wasoqonatl transmission line project.

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Time:  Announcement 10:30 a.m. AT. Media are asked to arrive by 10 a.m.

Representatives:

• Hon. Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
• Hon. Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature
• Hon. Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General
• Ehren Cory, CEO Canada Infrastructure Bank
• Chief Syd Peters of Glooscap First Nation
• Chief Leroy Denny of the Eskasoni First Nation
• René Legacy Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance and Treasury Board, Minister of Energy, New Brunswick
• Jaimie Lickers, Senior Vice-President Indigenous Markets, CIBC Capital Markets
• Elder Patsy Paul-Martin

Location:  Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre
                  65 Treaty Trail
                  Millbrook, NS

Canada Infrastructure Bank, media@cib-bic.ca, 416-347-3358

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