Booming Labrador!: Innu Business Development Initiatives - NEIA

While respecting Innu rights, territory and culture, IDLP
represents the economic interests of Mushuau and
Sheshatshiu Innu communities by:
Creating opportunities for employment and Innu private
businesses;
Encouraging the development of Innu economic capacity
through training and education;
Creating and managing equity through ownership and
partnerships in strategic industries

- Promote rights/interests of
Mushuau Innu and
Sheshatshiu Innu communities
in business development
- Design and carry out
economic development
initiatives to minimize conflict
with Innu traditions and way
of life
- Raise numbers of trained,
employed persons in
Natuashish and Sheshatshiu

- Provide training programs
for young people
- Increase knowledge
capacity in the community
- Provide long-term
employment option for our
future generations

• IDLP continually supports programs and initiative in
the Innu community
• We have provided support to:
• Local hockey and softball teams
• Cultural Awareness Fairs
• Community Festivals
• Trades Programs
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Our business endeavors have
come about through
partnerships with companies
which have typically been
leaders in their field.
Have a look at our current
partnerships!

Field / Services Partners Partnership
Airlines /
Fuel / Helicopter
Services
Provincial Airlines
Innu Mikun Airlines Limited
Partnership/ Innu Mikun Fuels
Limited/ Innu Mikun Helicopter
Service
Mining and
Construction
Municipal Group of Companies/
Kiewit
Innu Municipal / Innu Kiewit
Railroad Construction Rail CanTech Innu RailCanTech
Catering and Cleaning East Coast Catering Labrador Catering
Real Estate IDLP IDLP Properties
Engineering , Design
and Environment
SNC Lavalin
Innu SNC Lavalin
Fisheries Ocean Choice Katshehuk Fisheries Limited
Fisheries
Fishing Camp and
Tourism
Ueshuk Fisheries Limited
(Owned By IDLP)
Park Lake Lodge (Owned By
IDLP)
N/A
N/A

Partnership between SNC-Lavalin Inc.
and IDLP
Established in February 2008
Business venture to jointly pursue:
- Engineering
- Project management
- Procurement
- Construction management services
- Industrial process
- Mining /Metallurgy
- Architectural design

Environmental Services offered by Innu SNC-Lavalin
• Environmental Site Assessments
• Hazardous Materials Assessments
• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Environmental Reconnaissance
• Risk Assessment (Human Health and Ecological)
• Remediation
• Monitoring
• Waste Management
*Innu SNC-Lavalin has access
to over 23,000 professionals
worldwide.

Innu SNC-Lavalin Environmental
Projects
- New Millennium Mine
Environmental Assessment,
Labrador City
- Remediation and Fuel Recovery, 5
Wing Goose Bay
- Water system study and design of
treatment plant, Sheshatshiu
- Hazardous materials assessment
and school demolition, Sheshatshiu

- Jointly-owned by Ocean Choice
International and IDLP.
- Fishing off Labrador,
Newfoundland and Nunavut since
1998 for northern shrimp.
- Began with a shrimp quota of 510
tons which increased to over 2800
tons

- 100% Innu owned.
- The 99 foot fishing vessel is
owned / operated by Ueushuk
Fisheries Ltd and is used to
fish Greenland halibut
(Turbot) off the shores of
Nunavut.
- Target is to harvest over 500
tons of Greenland halibut.
- Markets for our products
include China, Taiwan and
Vietnam.

- Partnership with East Coast
Catering of Nova Scotia
- Provides catering and cleaning
services to remote construction
camps and marine industry.
Services to:
- Voisey’s Bay Mine Camp and
Concentrator
- Labrador Iron Mines Camp
- Labrador Lodge Camp in
Labrador City

- Partnership between Provincial
Airlines and IDLP. Charter services
within Labrador began in 1998.
- Charter services to any location
to meet client demand.
- Scheduled air service between
Goose Bay and coastal
communities, including Voisey’s
Bay

IDLP Properties owns real estate in
Goose Bay, Sheshatshiu and
Natuashish and manages four office
buildings:
IBDC building in Goose Bay, NL
IDLP building in Goose Bay, NL
Innu Nation office in Sheshatshiu &
Natuashish, NL
IDLP PROPERTIES
Two fishing lodges:
Park Lake Lodge
Whitey’s Pond

Partnership between Rail Cantech
and IDLP established in 2009
- Railway operations, management
and constructions
- Recently constructed 32 km railway
from Wabush, Labrador, to the
Quebec Border near the Bloom
Lake iron ore site.

Partnership between Municipal
Group and IDLP
- Established in April 2009
Civil construction work related to:
- Mass excavation
- Rock crushing
- Roads and highways, bridges and landfills
Innu Municipal is currently on
contract with Labrador Iron Mines
for their civil construction work

Innu Kiewit Constructors is a
partnership between IDLP and
Kiewit Infrastructure Group.
IKC provides a wide range of
construction services
including:
- power generation
- mining
- industrial
- infrastructure expertise to
various projects in Labrador
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New partnership between IDLP
and the Shaw Group of Companies
Shaw is one of Atlantic Canada’s
leading community developers and
has been established for more
than 100 years
Innu-Shaw provides a wide range
of services including
- the supply and manufacture of
housing and accommodations
- work camps
- land developments and other
industrial products
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THANK YOU
TSHINASKUMITIN