Economic Development

Unamaki.Economic-Development.leakage-study-final-report-august-19-2010.pdf

Louis Joe Bernard, Economic Development Advisor with UNSI, takes the work of his organization to communities across the Province and beyond. As Advisor, Louis Joe is actively involved with several committees including:

• Unamaki Economic Development Benefits Committee
• Regional Project Management Advisory Committee
• Michelin Aboriginal HR Committee
• Atlantic Economic Development Network 
• Martimes Northeast Mi’kmaq Advisory Committee
• Economic Development working Committee of Nova Scotia Tripartite Forum 
• Nova Scotia Department of Higher Education Apprenticeship Board
• The Canadian CED Network-National Policy Council

Louis Joe believes that Consultation and Accomodation are the keys to successful economic development initiatives within the Mi'kmaq communities. UNSI works to decentralize projects so that communities and individuals can build capacity. Lands and Economic Development are the pillars in the Chief's Strategy endorsed by the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs.The organization advises communities and provides the tools necessary to make projects achieve a level of success.We as Economic Development officers cannot do it alone, we need your help, please contact your edo or our office.

MNP Scholarship Application2011.pdf

NSI Economic Development Successes

The Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) is administered by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ecd/ab/psa/index-eng.asp

or phone 1-800-400-7677:

Please register your businesses on the Aboriginal Business Directory by filling the form and faxing a completed copy to saea-psab@ainc-inac.gc.ca or by fax to 819-956-9837.

 Final Report 20-July Lake Ainslie PetroWorth Exploration Drilling Project.pdf

An Article on Aboriginal Economic Development Arizona Apache Tribe, located 20 miles Northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 40 square mile reserve is home to 600 + community members and another 300+ who live off the reservation, a community comparable in size to one of the First Nations in Nova Scotia. The Arizona group operates 12 businesses and employs 30,000 people. It generates an average $10 million dollars a day in revenue. All 12 members of its council are MBA graduates. The tribe operates a casino, two hotel resorts, an RV resort, a commercial citrus farm, a construction materials firm, a gas bar and a convenience store, two golf cources and more. The Arizona tribe pays each of its members $50,000 a year. Funds payable to children under 18 are held in trust until they reach 18. Now here's the kicker:

Every child is expected to attend and graduate from university or post-secondary institution of learning. Any child who misses classes or drops out of school before graduation is fined $350.00 per day until he/she returns to school. They have a graduation rate of 94%.  ( Courtesy of MTT-May 19, 2007 ( W.E. ( Bill) Belliveau)

 Some prominent Mi'kmaw believe the injustice was done to the mi'kmaq who is looking for work, or just gave up after years and years of disappointments looking for work. When our Governments has to increased immigration numbers to fill jobs within Nova Scotia and other provinces. quote "It just not seem right when I see our own people unemployed when foreigners are working around you" unquote 

 An Article from Financial Post-May 13, 2011- Diane Francis

In 2007 a solution was proposed ( Specific Claims backlog). The establishment of the Specific Claims Tribunal, to expedite claims by allowing First Nations to choose to direct their claims to a tribunal, comprised of six judges, for faster, binding settlements. Currently, the 860 land claims are dealt with at a rate of 10 per year. At this rate, we should catch up by year 2096.

But, we have a plan- Economic and Social development should be the key. let's talk.

Resources

• Business Structures and Liabilities (PDF)
• Economic Development and the Indain Act (PDF)
• Frequently Used Business Arrangements (PDF)
• Opportunities Arising from IBA's (PDF) 
• AAEDN_Contact_List_-_Feb_3_2011.doc 
• .Declaration of Right of Indigenous people.pdf
•  Renewable-Electricity-Regulations-Consultation-Draft-May-28-2010.pdf
• APC2010NewsletterMonthMay2020.pdf
• -Winnipeg_Roundtable_Agenda_re_August_4_2010.pdf
• Assessing_the_Effectiveness_of_Labour_Force_Participation_Strategies_-_APCFNC.pdf
• More than Wind-Evaluating Renewable Energy Opportunities First Nations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.pdf 
• RPMAC ANNUAL REPORT 2010 20Aug final.pdf
• Aboriginal Entrepreneurship.Branch.PPT