Last of a four-part series By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance I’ve written on the roles in reconciliation of First Nations, government and industry. I’ve primarily focused on economic reconciliation. Now I want to conclude the series with some final thoughts. The negative impacts to First Nations have been suffered for several …
Third in a series By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance So far, I’ve talked about First Nations and governments’ role in reconciliation. This piece will describe industry’s role. First, of course there are many legal reasons that industry has to interact with First Nations that are impacted by development projects. In fact, …
Second in a series By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance We introduced this series by talking about the role of First Nations in reconciliation and the fact that some are ready for it and some aren’t. The reason we even need reconciliation is based on the shameful foundation of this country and …
By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance There are very many views of what reconciliation means. Here at the Alliance, we tend to focus on the economic aspects – but many reconciliation outcomes are connected. In fact, I think reconciliation goals such as individual and community sustainability and wellness are linked to economic …
“For First Nations to be true partners in LNG development, real benefits must materialize.” That was one of the key issues explored in the major Joint Engagement Report that we published earlier this year with the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources. The report notes: “Many ideas were generated about First Nations views around benefits, …
