{"podcast":{"title":"Drumbeats - Canadian Indigenous Investment Podcast","slug":"drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779","podcast_index_feed_id":6966779,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/drumbeats/feed.xml","website_url":"https://canadianindigenousinvestment.gigcmo.com/drumbeats-podcast","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/drumbeats/20240711_090707_e5372053b85550aaa1c747e6c58cde86.png","author":"Canadian Indigenous Investment Summit","episode_count":78,"summary":"WELCOME TO DRUMBEATS Drumbeats is the must-listen podcast for investors interested in Indigenous investment in Canada . Born from the Canadian Indigenous Investment Summit , the show focuses on the nexus of Indigenous economic strategies and investment opportunities. Hosts Mark Magnacca and Rob Brant , co-chairs of the Summit, lead engaging interviews and expert analyses that explore how these crucial conversations impact economic development within Indigenous communities and beyond.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779"},"episode":{"title":"Nukik Corporation's Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin: Connecting Nunavut to the Continental Grid","slug":"nukik-corporation-s-anne-rapha-lle-audouin-connecting-nunavut-to-the-continental-grid","published_at":"2026-03-26T16:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779/nukik-corporation-s-anne-rapha-lle-audouin-connecting-nunavut-to-the-continental-grid","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/drumbeats/2660306","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/278321/2660306/drumbeats/2026_03_25_08_37_35_ef59a974-45d8-42e9-ba9f-71d8d62faa5b.mp3","summary":"In April 2025, the Premiers of Manitoba and Nunavut signed a joint declaration to create a strategic energy and economic corridor between the two jurisdictions. Manitoba repatriated expiring hydro export contracts to the US and carved out 50 megawatts specifically for the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link. As Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin, CEO of Nukik Corporation, explains in this episode: until that moment, the project had a concept but no product to flow through the transmission line. That declaration changed everything. In Part 2 of this two-episode conversation, Anne-Raphaëlle takes Mark Magnacca and Rob Brant inside the project itself - its full specification, its commercial architecture, and the one remaining obstacle between concept and construction. The Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link is a 1,200-kilometre dual-use transmission and fibre optic asset running from Churchill in northern Manitoba to five of the Kivalliq region's seven communities. Its anchor customer is Agnico Eagle Mines which Anne-Raphaelle describes as the largest Canadian gold miner and the second-largest gold miner in the world with two operating mines in the region for close to 20 years. Mining represents 75% of Nunavut's GDP. That anchor customer's long-term energy requirements are the bankable revenue that makes private capital participation viable. In this second episode, Mark Magnacca, Rob Brant and Anne-Raphaëlle cover: ◦ Why the April 2025 joint declaration was the project's defining commercial turning point, triggering MISO certification, the transmission service request to Manitoba Hydro, and commercial agreements with Qulliq Energy Corporation. ◦ The capital structure: Canada Infrastructure Bank leading the financial workstream, senior debt market sounding currently under way, and why the federal backsto…","meta_description":"In April 2025, the Premiers of Manitoba and Nunavut signed a joint declaration to create a strategic energy and economic corridor between the two jurisdic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2145,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779/episodes/nukik-corporation-s-anne-rapha-lle-audouin-connecting-nunavut-to-the-continental-grid/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779/nukik-corporation-s-anne-rapha-lle-audouin-connecting-nunavut-to-the-continental-grid.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}