Mr. Chair, from various self-government to comprehensive land claims agreements, to the First Nations Land Management Act, our government has taken strides to provide first nations with greater autonomy.
This work has yielded great success through the first nations land management regime. Those first nations operating under the land management regime have reported an increase of 4,000 jobs as a result of new businesses created on reserve land, including tourism, entertainment, transportation, warehousing and commercial retail.
These opportunities are created because FNLMR gives first nations the ability to act at the speed of business and compete on an equal playing field with organizations off reserve. Economic action plan 2015 includes $30.3 million over five years to help support this initiative.