Our newsletter: 26 October 2023 Step forward for Ksi Lisims LNG The Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG project in northern BC has applied for a BC government environmental certificate, thus entering a six-month period of evaluation and consultation, with more to follow. And Ksi Lisim’s application included news that the project is looking to TC …
A letter to Ottawa from Indigenous groups, including our Alliance, calls on the federal government to include oil and gas in any loan-guarantee program to help Indigenous Peoples buy equity in natural-resource projects. The letter:
Introducing the Impact Assessment Act in 2019, the federal government promised speedier processing of natural-resource projects “through legislated timelines.” It didn’t happen. As the Canada West Foundation reported earlier this year: “The IAA was intended to speed up a cumbersome application process for major infrastructure and resource projects, some of which were in the assessment …
Our newsletter: 12 October 2023 Push for federal loan program grows Calls for federal loan guarantees to help Indigenous Peoples invest in natural-resource projects have taken on a new life. The latest champion is Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel: “If used to displace coal in Asia and eastern Europe, Canadian natural gas would have a tremendous …
Campaigns for federal loan-guarantees to help Indigenous Peoples invest in natural-resource projects have long been led by the Indigenous Resource Network and the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC). The push now has taken on a new life as there are fears that Ottawa will exclude oil and natural gas from such a loan program, …
