Musqueam, Ottawa agree to share Vancouver airport lease revenue

Vancouver Sun
24 February 2025

Crown-Indigenous relations minister Gary Anandasangaree said the revenue-sharing agreement is part of a broader rights-recognition agreement that is being worked on with the Musqueam.

The Musqueam Indian Band has signed an agreement with the federal government to share lease revenue paid to Ottawa by the Vancouver International Airport.

The specifics of the agreement are being kept confidential but the minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, Gary Anandasangaree, told a signing ceremony Monday that it’s the first revenue-sharing deal involving major federal government infrastructure. The authority’s 2023 financial statements show it paid Ottawa $69 million that year to lease the ground on which the airport sits. In recent years, Ottawa had been turning over one per cent of the lease payment to Musqueam.

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