History and the road to Reconciliation Our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, took part in an online discussion hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce: Resource Champions: Creating Indigenous Prosperity. What follows is a condensed and lightly edited version of her remarks on several topics. “We are in the era of Reconciliation. It’s in the air, …
In one of our blogs, we explored how First Nations need support to open avenues to enable Indigenous equity investment in resource projects. Today, we look at another barrier to Indigenous equity investment — the federal government’s emissions-cap policy for oil and gas. We turn to the Indigenous Resource Network (IRN) for opening thoughts on …
Call it doublespeak, fuzzwords, mediaspeak, or just plain confusing. But what does Ottawa mean by its constant befuddlement on LNG exports? It begins, of course, with Prime Minister Trudeau responding in late August to pressing German appeals for LNG from Canada by saying there has “never been a strong business case” for exports to Europe …
The federal government is under increasing pressure from First Nations to open avenues to enable Indigenous equity investment in resource projects. A national campaign is under way, sparked by the Indigenous Resource Network (IRN) and Executive Director Robert Merasty, who says: “Probably 99 per cent of the time, bands don’t have the necessary capital to …
By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance So Prime Minister Trudeau says there has “never been a strong business case” for liquified natural gas exports from Canada’s East Coast to Europe. “There needs to be a business case,” he added. “It needs to make sense for Germany to be receiving LNG directly from …
