By Marc Lalonde  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The federal government must remove barriers to economic activity and facilitate economic development in Indigenous communities, an `economic reconciliation’ roundtable concluded last week in Ottawa. Additionally, participants added, they also identified the need to develop capacity and Indigenous financial expertise as critical ingredients to achieving economic reconciliation. They saw “the great value to coming together and will seek future opportunities to convene and continue to work together to remove barriers,” participants said. The roundtable included such economic heavy hitters as First Nations Financial Management Board Executive Chair Harold Calla; First Nations Finance Authority President and CEO Ernie Daniels; First Nations Major Projects Coalition CEO Niilo Edwards and National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) CEO Shannin Metatawabin. Political leaders such as Metis National Council

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