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for our members.” The Nation’s revenues come meaningful employment and development
mainly from business profits, land rent, property opportunities. They believe this approach creates
taxes, industry grants and business interests. long term value for its business and for customers,
Only a marginal amount comes from provincial or who operate within the same communities, says
federal funding. Brock will be looking to identify Smits. Year to date in 2021, over half of Soogadin’s
opportunities with Fort McKay to further establish corporate and project expenses have been incurred
office, shop space, laydown and storage, vehicle locally and three quarters of those have also been
maintenance as well as fabrication opportunities as indigenous-owned or partially-owned companies.
they may arise.
“We strive to provide reliable data to projects,
Indigenous and local stakeholder engagement is clients, and enterprise stakeholders to support
very important to Soogadin. Smits says the goal project excellence, cost optimization and
has always been to become part of the fabric of competitive advantage,” says Smits. “Project
the communities in which the company and First Controls promotes this objective by using available
Nation work. In general, this means supporting technologies to increase transparency and
local business suppliers, establishing community communicate information regarding a project’s
ties, and engaging the local workforce by offering health and status, both internally and externally.
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