Our newsletter: 31 December 2025
First Nations need real resource careers
We see it often: natural-resource projects, including LNG, that speak happily of the training and jobs that will go to Indigenous people and communities.
And they do.
But in practice those jobs are far too often modest ones: janitor, security guard, caretaker, junior technician, technical assistant, basic labourer.
They are, we regret, simply “jobs” and not “careers.”
And what people in those Indigenous communities need for themselves and their families are careers, not just low-level jobs.
They need long-term careers that offer good wages and benefits, and the prospect of advancement and real and sustainable long-term contribution to their community. And careers that are as open to women as to men.
- Read more in our latest blog: https://ow.ly/u0Gn50XPmvU
Alliance affiliates in news and views
FortisBC is one of our six affiliate members, and is one who has been busy spreading the news — and a series of videos.
One video in FortisBC’s New Energy series looks at how the former St. Eugene Residential School, abandoned for two decades, became the St. Eugene Resort (picture above).
In the series, host Simon Baker meets First Nations leaders to hear empowering stories about how each Nation has prepared for the future while preserving its culture. Watch the videos on FortisBC’s Talking Energy website: https://bit.ly/4qxZR7p
- FortisBC has also been holding LNG safety training sessions for firefighters: https://ow.ly/nIpT50XMW3u
- And FortisBC is about to begin work in Squamish on its new gas pipeline to feed Woodfibre LNG: https://bit.ly/44y4epy
Enbridge is another affiliate partner, and Enbridge Gas was in the news for donating 540 smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms to homes across southwestern Ontario, helping protect families: https://ow.ly/yU2X50XPmIT
CEO François Poirier of TC Energy (also an Alliance affiliate) delivered a message to the US Congress from the National Petroleum Council, saying the delivery of affordable energy needs efficient permitting by government:: https://ow.ly/lUR450XPmQh
And affiliate partner Tourmaline Oil, Canada’s largest natural-gas producer, released its latest sustainability report: https://ow.ly/gIcp50XHpUm
ALSO IN THE NEWS
- Mitsubishi of Japan has high hopes for LNG Canada, including hope for its Phase 2 expansion. Mitsubishi is a 15% owner of the LNG Canada project. https://ow.ly/P1lF50XN8tH
- Petronas, another key partner in LNG Canada, signs an LNG supply agreement with China National Offshore Oil Company, which has interests in LNG: https://ow.ly/wCfn50XNZSA
EVENTS
- Resource Works: Alliance of Resource Communities reception, Jan. 19, Prince George. Register: https://ow.ly/xtBC50XG3rA
- BC Natural Resources Forum, Jan. 20-22, Prince George: https://ow.ly/71Y250Wj0zL
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and Scotiabank, Economic Outlook Forum, Jan. 29, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/pIlz50Xf8TW
- Assembly of First Nations, National Natural Resources Forum, Feb. 10-11, Calgary: https://ow.ly/HIG650Xp5v6
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade/Bennett Jones, energy and natural resources forum, Feb. 19, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/gIBv50Xz9hN
- Canadian Gas Association, CGA Energy Security Summit, March 10-11, Ottawa: https://ow.ly/6FLp50VQu0N
- The Indigenous Forward Summit (West Coast): March 11-12, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/QuVk50Xri0Q
- Nation2Nation Women’s Gathering, April 23-24, Prince George: https://ow.ly/sBxu50XsTSZ
- First Nations Major Projects Coalition, 9th annual conference, April 29-May 1, Toronto: https://ow.ly/baN350Xz7gU
- Public Policy Forum’s Canada Growth Summit, May 7, Toronto: https://ow.ly/ikCs50WGyYr
- The Indigenous Forward Summit (West), May 13-14, Calgary: https://ow.ly/pgku50XrhQ7
- Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference, June 3-5, Nanaimo: https://ow.ly/lla050Xv9JH
- Global Energy Show Canada, June 9-11, Calgary: https://ow.ly/NnlW50XffWC
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(Posted here 04 January 2026)
