“An increasing number of Indigenous communities are becoming partners in renewable energy projects in Canada and creating thousands of jobs as they do it.
A new national survey shows nearly one fifth of the country's power is provided by facilities fully or partly owned and run by Indigenous communities.
It represents a dramatic increase in the last decade in renewable energy projects like hydro, wind and solar power.
The author of the report, Chris Henderson, says the real surprise for him is the amount of employment that clean power is creating — 15,300 direct jobs for Indigenous workers who have earned $842 million in employment income in the last eight years.
"That is a huge number, because if you have a job you are contributing to the economy, it's a real job, it's honest work," he said in an interview with CBC News. "The number of jobs created is the story of how our country is changing and how Indigenous people are part of a clean energy future."”
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