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Some of the budget's other proposed spending measures for Indigenous communities — not all of them entirely new — are:

  • $11 billion to help communities manage and preserve 119,000 existing housing units, and $1.7 billion to "enable faster delivery of shovel-ready housing projects"
  • $6 billion over six years for Jordan’s Principle, and $575 million over five years to renew the Inuit Child First Initiative
  • $5.8 billion over five years for elementary and secondary education on reserve, and $437.9 million for post-secondary education
  • $2.9 billion over three years for the Non-Insured Health Benefits program
  • $865.6 million in 2026-27 to respond to emergencies that occurred on reserve and an additional $446.2 million ongoing for future emergency response and recovery
  • $806.7 million over five years to implement the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families
  • $633.7 million over four years and $250.9 million ongoing to the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program.

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