A private Indigenous-owned company wants funding from Quebec for a data centre in Cree community

By Ghazal Azizi Kashi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Investigative Journalism Foundation An ex-mayor in Quebec who was convicted of fraudulent electoral maneuvers is now lobbying the provincial government to finance an Indigenous-owned data centre in Cree territory. For the last year, Robert Milot, the former mayor of Sainte-Adèle, Que., has been representing E-New Data Corp. , an Indigenous-owned private company from Waswanipi Cree First Nation. On July 21, 2026, Milot also registered to lobby on behalf of Yab Management, a consulting firm specializing in remote Northern and Indigenous regions. E-New Data Corp is privately owned by…