About the department

Indigenous Business Development

The Branch is responsible for leading economic reconciliation, which includes advancing transformative systemic change to improve economic opportunity for Indigenous peoples.

Budget 2024 invests $4 million in the new Indigenous Economic Development Fund to support Indigenous business owners, entrepreneurs and organizations.

Consultation and Agreements

The Consultation and Agreements Branch implements the land, financial and cooperative elements of signed settlement agreements with Indigenous groups, including Treaty Land Entitlement, hydroelectric impact and settlement agreements and other land and self-government agreements. The Branch also directs and supports negotiations where new settlements are proposed. The Branch also develops and leads the consistent implementation of Crown consultation policies to meet Manitoba’s consultation obligations when Government decisions may affect Aboriginal or Treaty rights and supports and coordinates provincial Crown-Indigenous consultations in relation to various resource developments.