{
  "id": 7822637,
  "title": "SMARTBUILD and Pasqua First Nation sign agreement to build majority Indigenous-owned technology company for defence, energy and infrastructure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/smartbuild-and-pasqua-first-nation-sign-agreement-to-build-majority",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-16T16:07:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/smartbuild-and-pasqua-first-nation-sign-agreement-to-build-majority-indigenous-owned-technology-company-for-defence-energy-and-infrastructure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Memorandum of understanding signed at MSPO 2026 in Poland opens a national partnership model for Indigenous ownership of the software behind Canada’s nation-building projects. Zulq Malik, Chief Executive Officer of SMARTBUILD (left) and Richard Missens, President and Chief Executive Officer of PFN Group of Companies (right) unveil the new SMARTBUILD Energy, Infrastructure and Defence logo […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}