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How Hydro One Networks Inc. Turned Indigenous Partners Into Project Advocates
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- Dec 4, 2025
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Summary
Ontario is doubling its transmission grid by 2040 through Indigenous equity partnerships - and doing it faster than jurisdictions still treating Indigenous engagement as compliance. In this episode of Drumbeats, Matthew Jackson, Vice President of Indigenous Partnerships and Business Development at Hydro One Networks Inc., reveals how Canada's largest transmission company completely transformed its approach to Indigenous partnerships. The result? First Nations are now actively advocating to government for Hydro One's transmission projects in their territories. Matthew leads partnership strategy at Hydro One, which operates over 90% of Ontario's transmission infrastructure across a territory five times the size of the United Kingdom. With a multi-billion-dollar capital investment programme and 14 transmission projects underway, Hydro One has implemented 50-50 equity ownership structures with Indigenous communities - proving that genuine economic