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Ottawa opens up 15% Trans Mountain equity stake to Indigenous groups on pipeline path

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Bundale, B. (2026, September 22). Ottawa opens up 15% Trans Mountain equity stake to Indigenous groups on pipeline path. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/business/ottawa-opens-up-15-trans-mountain-equity-stake-to-indigenous-groups-on-pipeline-path/article_0a3cfd0c-0d01-5ca9-85ca-143f6076965d.html

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The Canadian government is offering Indigenous communities along the Trans Mountain pipeline route a 15% equity stake in the project. This opportunity will be provided through equal shares to participating First Nations, financed by a low-cost government loan. The move aims to fulfill a long-standing promise of giving these groups ownership in the federally owned pipeline.

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The Canadian government offered Indigenous groups along the Trans Mountain pipeline a collective 15% equity stake, aiming to fulfill a long-standing promise. In a letter seen by The Canadian Press, a Department of Finance official stated that this investment would be distributed equally among participating groups via a low-cost government loan. Additionally, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced a $2.5 million payment for Indigenous communities willing to take part in the 15% equity stake, describing it as compensation for delays in reaching an agreement since Ottawa purchased the pipeline in 2018 for $34 billion. The government has sent letters to 129 Indigenous communities along the pipeline route with this offer, and since the expansion began operating in May 2024, the government has received a total of $2.6 billion from the project.

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In a letter to a First Nation along the pipeline’s path seen by The Canadian Press on Tuesday, a federal Department of Finance official said the equity investment would be equally distributed among participating groups “through a low-cost government-provided loan.”

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2026-09-22 · Toronto Star

Ottawa opens up 15% Trans Mountain equity stake to Indigenous groups on pipeline path · assertive framing

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The Canadian government has offered Indigenous groups a collective 15 per cent ownership stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline, advancing a long-promised plan to give First Nations equity in the federally owned pipeline. asserted

government → offer → pipeline

investment → see → loan

Ottawa opens up 15% Trans Mountain equity stake to Indigenous groups on pipeline path

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