The latest scare-balloon launched by opponents of LNG in BC: There are going to be hundreds of LNG carriers travelling through BC ocean waters. Capitalizing on concerns about oil tankers, one opposition group sees future LNG carrier traffic along the southern BC coast as potentially numbering “in the realm of 800+ transits a year.” Eight …
Our newsletter: 04 December 2025 Macdonald-Laurier Institute honours our Alliance CEO Alliance CEO Karen Ogen is becoming a senior fellow of the prestigious Macdonald-Laurier Institute. The word went informally to members of the think-tank from Joshua Wheeler, its manager of operations: “Our Fellows are at the core of what we do. They provide the expertise that …
In place of our usual blog this week, here’s a first-rate posting from Fasken, BC’s largest law firm and one of the largest law firms in Canada with an international reach. It has been very lightly edited. Canada’s energy sector is at a pivotal moment. In response to global economic shifts and the growing demand …
At a time when Canada needs to diversify its exports and strengthen its economy, Indigenous-led projects are leading the way By KAREN OGEN, Alliance CEO Who would have thought a decade ago that a First Nation in remote New Aiyansh, a 16-hour car ride north of Vancouver, would be the driving force behind a multi-billion-dollar …
Our newsletter: 20 November 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney announces, at Terrace BC, seven projects of ‘national significance.’ PM’s projects include First Nations Prime Minister Mark Carney’s addition of seven new projects to the federal Major Projects Office (MPO) list of ventures to be pushed and accelerated included two with major First Nations interest and …
