People and contracting

We are committed to providing business, employment and training opportunities to the Indigenous groups on whose lands we build and operate through all phases of our projects.

We work collaboratively with Indigenous communities and businesses to create mutually beneficial relationships based on a principled approach to commercial opportunities. Many opportunities are made available during construction, through our general contractors.

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We believe in Indigenous employment and training programs and work with Indigenous groups to identify training opportunities that will provide long-term mutual value. We also have a robust Indigenous legacy scholarship program, along with other trades and leadership scholarships. Learn more by visiting our scholarships page.

TC Energy strives to maximize opportunities for qualified, competitive Indigenous suppliers with the capacity to support our projects and operations. Through education and training, and community legacy initiatives, we provide training and experience that help to build individual and community capacity to supply the goods and services that the company requires.

For many of our capital projects, the greatest percentage of spend goes toward procuring high-value items, such as line pipe, turbines, metering equipment, and sophisticated control systems. Many of these items must comply with stringent quality and safety standards, as mandated by regulations and industry best practices. TC Energy leverages a global supply chain to source these high-value, technically-complex items, which skews our spend profile toward international suppliers. Due to the capital-intensive nature of our business, the goods and services provided by local suppliers and contractors, including those from Indigenous communities, tend to account for a small percentage of our projects. As a result, comparing total capital spend with Indigenous suppliers does not reflect the true impact of contracting activities in local Indigenous communities.

TC Energy does not have specific targets for Indigenous spend, as each project and Indigenous community has unique attributes, needs and capacity. The communities in which our projects are built or our assets operate continue to evolve and change, as does their capacity to supply goods and services to our projects and operations. As such, TC Energy works with each community to understand local business capacity and priorities, and matches this to project requirements, depending on the size and type of project (Natural Gas, Oil and Liquids or Power and Storage), and its specific needs.