Mark Podlasly on the really big news hidden in Budget 2024

This week on WONK, host Edward Greenspon talks to Mark Podlasly.

Tucked into this year’s federal budget document was something a little out of the ordinary — and of great consequence: Indigenous Loan Guarantees. The program has the potential to open massive energy and resource developments that will benefit both Canada and Indigenous communities. Podlasly is the chief sustainability officer of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, which has championed the program. He joins host Edward Greenspon to explain how it puts Indigenous communities on a whole new path.

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