Northern businesses get government and NAN help

First Nations business owners in northern Ontario can take advantage of business management training through a new partnership between the federal government and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN).
NAN plans to deliver a series of business management training “mini-summits” across northern Ontario, to help business owners develop in their own communities.
“Thanks to support from FedNor and the federal government, Aboriginal business owners will be well positioned to maximize the benefits of existing and emerging development opportunities, such as the Ring of Fire,” said NAN Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit in a press release.
FedNor minister Tony Clement announced on May 22 that the government is providing $60,000 to NAN for the mini-summits.
Clement said the money will enable “cost-effective, community-level business training that will help Aboriginal businesses increase productivity, become export ready and create jobs.”
Business owners will also be able to access information from a national summit on business development held earlier this year in Toronto, through video and web conference technology.