"Launch a new Indigenous Pathways to Prosperity Skills and Training Fund which will support partnerships between First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities and organizations, schools, training centres, and colleges to advance access to skills training and education opportunities. This will support the training of more First Nations, Inuit, and Métis doctors, teachers, and builders, amongst other priority areas identified by partners." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Accelerate funding for access to post-secondary education so more First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students can go to school and invest in associated infrastructure. Cost should not the barrier. We will also invest in Indigenous-led post-secondary education institutions such as the Inuit Nunangat University and the First Nations University." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"This will include financial assistance and increased opportunities for children who grew up in care, and improved distance education." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Guarantee full funding for Indigenous post-secondary education by eliminating the 2% cap and ensuring all First Nations and Inuit students receive adequate financial support." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) to cover tuition and living expenses for all Indigenous students who qualify.

» Once tuition-free post-secondary education is fully implemented, refocus PSSSP on funding relocation and living expenses for Indigenous students."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to implementing tuition-free public post-secondary education in Canada through a phased approach, drawing on successful international models.

» Begin by offering free tuition to low-income students, Indigenous students, and those in critical fields, with the goal of expanding access to all students over time.

» Develop sustainable funding strategies to support this transition, ensuring that financial barriers do not impede access to higher education."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support Indigenous-led processes for advancing self-determination and the exercise of jurisdiction in priority areas such as education, health, child and family services as well as community safety and policing." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Increase lands added to reserves within the next four years and work with First Nations to accelerate additions to reserve." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"We will recognize and respect treaties, and we will support any Nations building or re-building their governance structures." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will respect Inuit self-determination, co-developing the Arctic Policy Framework and addressing the massive infrastructure deficit in Northern communities." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will ensure equitable access and self-determination over land, culture, language, housing, child care, income security, employment, education, and physical, mental, sexual, and spiritual health." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will ensure that Indigenous leadership are at the table and part of any decision-making when it comes to Canada’s trade negotiations with Donald Trump’s administration." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Confront the systemic over-incarceration of Indigenous Peoples— especially Indigenous women — through a coordinated justice strategy grounded in Indigenous self-determination. This includes supporting Indigenous-led alternatives to incarceration and dismantling the colonial systems that disproportionately criminalize and imprison Indigenous Peoples (see Justice)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Collaborate with Indigenous communities to reduce RCMP involvement in community policing, and replace with Indigenous-created and led law enforcement mechanisms; Re-allocate police funding to social services and mental health support." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support Nation-to-Nation partnerships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governing institutions, ensuring meaningful, equitable, and respectful collaboration — including full participation in national decision-making through the Council of Canadian Governments (see Council of Canadian Governments)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Formally reject the colonial doctrines of terra nullius and discovery, affirming that Canada was built on Indigenous lands whose rights and sovereignty must be respected." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"We will end all long-term boil water advisories on First Nations. The Liberals promised this would be done by 2021, but too many communities are still waiting. To do this we will make new investments in clean water infrastructure and support Indigenous-led water management training programs." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Co-develop and introduce a strengthened First Nations Clean Water Act to affirm First Nations jurisdiction over source water, drinking water, wastewater, and related infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the minimum standards of UNDRIP — and permanently end boil-water advisories through long-term, Indigenous-led solutions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"We will respect, support and resource Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare systems. Long-term and predictable funding will be guaranteed in legislation, and we will work with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society to implement the Spirit Bear Plan." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Address the backlog in Jordan’s Principle applications by investing in more staff and better case management," — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Negotiating with the National Children’s Chiefs Commission to negotiate the necessary long-term reform for First Nations Child and Family Services;" — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will ensure that every child has a safe place to learn, and we will implement Shannon’s (sic) Dream so that no student is forced to learn in a dangerous environment. And we will work to incorporate traditional knowledge into our contemporary education system." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

" A Conservative Government will establish the Canadian Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (CIOC), led by Indigenous people, to offer loan guarantees for Indigenous communities. It will operate under the First Nations Financial Management Act, similar to other Indigenous financial institutions." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Introduce an optional First Nations Resource Charge to advance economic reconciliation by allowing companies to cede some federal tax room so First Nations communities will no longer need to send all their revenues to Ottawa and then ask for it back, enabling them to take back control of their resources and money." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Create a First Nations Resource Charge (FNRC), a refundable tax credit for 50% of payments made by businesses to First Nations for resource wealth and commercial housing." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Double the Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program from $5 to $10 billion and expand it to support more Indigenous-led infrastructure, transportation and trade projects across the country. This will make it easier for more Indigenous communities to become owners of major resource projects;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Expand Indigenous-led training and employment opportunities in clean energy, ensuring full Indigenous participation in Canada’s transition economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prioritize economic reconciliation by significantly expanding federal support for Indigenous-led land ownership, economic development, and entrepreneurship programs to strengthen Indigenous economic sovereignty." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require at least 5% of federal contracts be awarded to Indigenous businesses, supporting economic reconciliation and Indigenous economic self-determination." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"We will expand the Red Dress Alert to ensure it covers the entire country. This important measure will ensure the public is notified when an Indigenous woman, girl, or gender-diverse person goes missing so they can be brought home safely." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will ensure full gender equality for First Nations, including the right to pass on the ability to qualify for Indian status registration." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Implement all 231 Calls for Justice from the MMIWG Inquiry, including a national strategy to end gender-based violence and ensure accountability." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish benchmark goals for the reduction of the number of Indigenous prisoners, and actively work to take Indigenous persons out of the prison system earlier. This includes creating alternatives to prisons and reinventing current risk assessment models." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to ending the systemic over-incarceration of Indigenous Peoples by substantially investing in preventative measures to remedy the impact of colonization, residential schools, forced displacement, and the Sixties Scoop, including Indigenous education, languages, cultural and spiritual institutions, housing, and mental health." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand the number of healing lodges that are available across the country, so that there are more healing lodges available close to every community that has an Indigenous population." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Explore options for an Indigenous Infrastructure Bank to address access to capital." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Double the Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program from $5 to $10 billion and expand it to support more Indigenous-led infrastructure, transportation and trade projects across the country. This will make it easier for more Indigenous communities to become owners of major resource projects;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Expand the kinds of projects the Canada Infrastructure Bank can support to be more in line with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis priorities." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Realize First Nations control over First Nations infrastructure wherever possible through models like the First Nations Atlantic Water Authority." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"We will make voting more accessible to people living in Inuit, First Nations or Métis communities by ensuring that Indigenous languages are on election ballots in Indigenous territories. This is a concrete step we can take towards meaningful reconciliation, and it will boost participation in democracy as well as contributing towards the revitalization of Indigenous languages." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Provide stable federal funding dedicated specifically to the preservation, revitalization, and promotion of Indigenous languages across Canada, in alignment with the Indigenous Languages Act." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand access to land-based learning, recognizing its essential role in cultural revitalization, intergenerational knowledge transmission, and holistic education rooted in connection to territory and community." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund initiatives for Indigenous artists to travel and provide mentorship in Indigenous communities, supporting cultural transmission, artistic development, and youth engagement." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop and implement a For Indigenous, By Indigenous Housing Strategy, ensuring long-term, sustainable funding for Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous housing rather than short-term project-based allocations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure all Indigenous housing projects are funded through direct, non-market financing, removing barriers to co-operative and community-led Indigenous housing developments." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Transfer federal land to Indigenous-led housing organizations to support community-driven housing solutions, in alignment with self- determination principles under UNDRIP.'" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Move forward on the important work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and support Indigenous communities to uncover unmarked and undocumented graves and burial sites at residential schools." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"We will introduce legislation to combat residential school denialism—because truth is essential to reconciliation, and survivors deserve more than words. The House of Commons has unanimously recognized that the residential school system was a genocide, deliberately designed to erase Indigenous cultures, languages, families, and identities. Survivors and their families must be protected from hate and historical erasure." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate crimes against Indigenous peoples through the residential school system. This special prosecutor would have a mandate to access necessary documents from religious institutions as well as government departments such as the Justice Department and Indigenous services." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will support community-driven healing initiatives aimed at addressing the emotional, physical, spiritual and mental harm inflicted upon communities and children inside the residential school system." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Fully implement all 94 Calls to Action from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to repair harm, support healing, and build a fair relationship with Indigenous Peoples." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish dedicated national funding for reconciliation-focused commemoration projects, supporting initiatives that recognize and honour Indigenous histories and experiences." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Missing Children and Unmarked Burials Project, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, with long-term stable funding and Indigenous-led oversight to uncover and address Canada’s colonial history transparently and respectfully." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"We will step up to close the health gap in Indigenous communities and bring health care closer to home. Indigenous people have an equal right to the highest standard of physical and mental health, with a right to access traditional medicines. New investments in healthcare infrastructure, medical supplies and diagnostic equipment will help meet people’s needs in their communities." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Ensure access to land-based healing and culturally grounded addiction treatment, recognizing the links between disconnection from land, intergenerational trauma, and the substance use crisis." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Indigenous-led health services, eliminating barriers to primary and mental health care for Indigenous communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Co-develop evidence-based food security approaches to replace Nutrition North Canada with Inuit and Northern Indigenous leaders. The affordability crisis that all Canadians are feeling is even more extreme in Northern communities. Concrete action that brings real results must be taken to bring down prices and increase access." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"And we would fix Nutrition North, to make sure the subsidy goes straight to people, and not to corporations." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Increase food security in northern and remote Indigenous communities through substantial investments in Arctic agriculture, community greenhouses, traditional harvesting, and nutrition education programs." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Re-establish Canada Post’s Food Mail program, offering affordable, reliable food delivery to Northern and remote communities, significantly improving food security by replacing the current ineffective Nutrition North subsidy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25