Monthly Communication Report

Registrant name:	Natalie Dash
Client:	Sioux Lookout Friendship Accord
Associated registration:	872732-382728-2
Communication date:	2025-10-14
Posted date:	2025-10-14

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:	Chelsea Kusnick, Chief of Staff to the Minister Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Miles Wu, Director of Policy Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
List of Details Subject matter Detail Aboriginal Affairs, Budget, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Forestry, Internal Trade, Mining, Natural Resources, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance, Tourism The purpose of this assignment is to brief decision makers on the Sioux Lookout Friendship Accord Economic Development Corporation, its programs and impacts, and on the growing economic development needs of the First Nations communities the organization serves in northwestern Ontario. This will include the need for establishing an Indigenous Financial Institution (IFI) to support indigenous entrepreneurs and First Nations-led businesses to access capital and foster greater economic development in the region.