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Our newsletter, 04 June 2026

Karen Ogen writes national guest column

Alliance CEO Karen Ogen wrote a guest column in Financial Post, headlined: Opinion: Indigenous-led LNG deal with Germany is the kind of reconciliation Canada needs.

She began: “An Indigenous-led LNG project in northwest B.C. last week agreed to supply Germany with one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year for the next 20 years.

“This was no small deal. The agreement between the Ksi Lisims project and government-owned German energy utility Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) marks a significant step toward shoring up Germany’s energy security at a moment of profound European insecurity, with the war in Ukraine and rising tensions involving Iran unsettling global supply.

“How is it that the Nisga’a Nation, the driving force behind Ksi Lisims, has put itself at the centre of energy and geopolitics, and become a trusted supplier to a major European ally?”

• Now read the full column: https://bit.ly/4uQ33Nn
• The column as it ran in Financial Post on June 3, 2026: https://bit.ly/4ug9okb

Ksi Lisims project sells LNG to Germany

Ksi Lisims LNG and the Nisga’a Nation announced an initial ‘milestone’ Heads of Agreement for sale of LNG to Germany, subject to completion of a Sales and Purchase Agreement.
The deal covers the sale and purchase of one million tonnes a year of LNG, and Ksi Lisims said it “represents increasing global interest in Canada as a future LNG hub and in Ksi Lisims LNG as a supplier of choice.”
Davis Thames, CEO of Western LNG, a Ksi Lisims partner: “This agreement comes at a time when energy markets around the world are being asked to do more – to be more secure, more affordable, and more responsible from a climate perspective.
“The Ksi Lisims LNG project was designed from the outset to meet those expectations, not by compromise, but by design. Our agreement with SEFE reflects growing confidence in Ksi Lisims LNG, our commercial and engineering approach, and brings our project a significant step closer to starting construction.”

• More info: https://bit.ly/4uvZYlr
• Federal news release: https://bit.ly/4dySFUb
• Nisga’a Nation hails the deal as a win-win-win: https://t.co/YQRhezRlWR
• Germany’s ambassador: Germany is ‘hugely excited’ about the deal. Video: https://bit.ly/49zP5qy
• Ksi Lisims LNG is in talks to supply ‘several’ European utilities: https://bit.ly/3RrxD1h
• BC LNG to Germany: How would it get there? By what route? And at what cost? https://bit.ly/3S6RWRC

Our blog: While his New Democratic Party once derided BC’s LNG hopes as ‘a cloud of pixie dust,’ BC Premier David Eby has called BC LNG ‘clean energy.’
After visiting the LNG Canada export facility (photo above) he said its LNG would be 60-per-cent lower in carbon emissions than the average LNG plant around the world.
That was one day after announcing that BC province had agreed to provide $200 million to support electricity infrastructure for the Haisla Nation’s Cedar LNG project. Eby said electrification of Cedar LNG would make it “one of the lowest emission plants in the entire world.”
And now the NDP premier is drawing such headlines as “B.C. premier David Eby openly bullish on Kitimat LNG expansion.”

• Read more: https://bit.ly/4u5RH6Q
• Western premiers include LNG exports in call for Canada to speed up resource projects: https://bit.ly/4v7JgsA
• Canadian energy leaders urge growth of LNG, or ‘we are going to lose this generational opportunity.’ https://bit.ly/3PuCM8b

(In the photo above, from left, BC Energy Minister Adrian Dix,  Premier Eby, and Kitimat Mayor Phil Germuth, at LNG Canada in 2025)

How the Squamish Nation backed Woodfibre LNG

Chief Ian Campbell (at right in the photo. with Woodfibre LNG CEO Luke Schauerte) reflects on how his Squamish Nation became a full environmental regulator on the Woodfibre LNG project.
‘We opted to exercise a consent-based model . . . based on Indigenous science as well as Western science.
“We wanted to really measure a new entrant in the market, such as this export facility, being compatible with our environmental, cultural and spiritual values. . . .
“We then issued 25 legally binding conditions.”

• Watch the video: https://bit.ly/4dt7FD2

Indigenous Clean Energy

• Global energy partners back Indigenous-led offshore wind project in BC: https://bit.ly/4uDYF3V (Map above)
• Hydro-Québec launches $5 billion support for wind-energy projects in partnership with Indigenous communities: https://bit.ly/4eaKrBT
• Three BC First Nations join a program to explore opportunities for Nation-owned clean-energy infrastructure: https://bit.ly/49wx9gs
• Indigenous clean-energy projects replace 140 million litres of diesel in remote communities: https://bit.ly/4wK3n1t
• Fast-tracked transmission line in Ontario seen as a chance for ‘economic reconciliation’ with 11 First Nations: https://bit.ly/4f5ooh4
• Five Nations in Ontario power up transmission line: https://bit.ly/4o0FCyq
• The BC Energy Regulator aims to streamline permitting decisions for renewable-energy projects, including promoting First Nations and local community support: https://bit.ly/4vbopVl
• Saskatchewan looks for Indigenous partnerships in wind, solar, biomass and nuclear energy: https://bit.ly/4nTfEwF

ALSO in the NEWS

• LNG Canada gives a preliminary green light for expansion to double output:https://bit.ly/4uEDbE5
• Shell’s $22-billion deal for ARC Resources provides natural gas for expansion of LNG Canada:https://bit.ly/4dWe6gZ
• Newfoundland and Labrador reckons there are 27.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the offshore Jeanne D’Arc Basin. ‘That’s essentially $400 billion sitting in the ground.’ Video:https://bit.ly/4x11w8G#NLpoli#cdnpoli
• The LNG Canada Business Growth Fund will provide up to $10,000 for eligible businesses in Kitimat and Kitamaat Village to improve operations, storefronts and customer spaces:https://bit.ly/4dBQaAB
• New Brunswick’s energy regulator approves a proposal for a 500-megawatt power plant fuelled by natural gas:https://bit.ly/4dS0VgX
• Woodfibre LNG seeks to expand the project’s water and land boundary, citing a need for stronger safety and security buffers:https://bit.ly/3PJR9FG

EVENTS

• Global Energy Show Canada, June 9-11, Calgary: https://ow.ly/NnlW50XffWC Alliance CEO Karen Ogen is among executive speakers.
• Energy Influencers Conference (at the Global Energy Show above): https://bit.ly/4aRfBvd
• Careers in Energy, an in-person workshop at the Global Energy Show, Calgary, June 11: https://bit.ly/4dNT97M
• International Pipeline Conference and Expo, Sept. 21-25, Calgary: https://ow.ly/NmxS50Y5Kag
• Tenth annual Nation2Nation Forum, Oct. 20-22, BC location TBA: https://bit.ly/4nvUogl
• Canadian Gas Association, CGA Energy Week, Oct. 26-29, Toronto: https://bit.ly/4vrupdw
• 24th annual BC Natural Resources Forum, Jan.19-21, Prince George: https://bit.ly/4vcSF25

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(Posted here 07 June 2026)