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, …
We’ve looked in our blogs at employment issues and government relations, as discussed in the Joint Engagement Report that we prepared earlier this year with the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources. Now for a look at regulatory and engagement processes around LNG projects, and how First Nations are involved and affected: For …
In our last blog, we looked at employment issues — “sustainable/long-term jobs instead of intense short-term labour opportunities” — addressed in the joint report we prepared with the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources. Now for a look at First Nations and government relations, and Indigenous governance: First Nations representatives at our regional …
While we support the responsible development of natural gas and LNG, and the benefits that can mean for First Nations, decisions on development are, in the end, made by the First Nations themselves, and rightly so. But that can be a thoroughly complicated process under the varying forms of First Nation governance: Who makes the …
