By KAREN OGEN, CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance Three years ago, the world’s premier liquefied natural gas conference came to Canada – Vancouver, in fact – for the first time. It was an opportunity for BC to tell the world about our fledgling LNG opportunity. At that point three years ago, LNG Canada wasn’t …
Ksi Lisims LNG, a proposed Indigenous-led floating facility in northwestern BC, is rapidly approaching a final investment decision (FID). The proponents are the Nisga’a Nation (which owns the planned site for onshore components at Wil Milit in northwestern BC), Rockies LNG (a partnership of Western Canadian natural-gas producers) and Texas-based Western LNG (which has been …
The Cedar LNG project marked on June 25 two years since Haisla Nation and partner Pembina Pipeline Corporation of Canada made a positive Final Investment Decision (FID). It was, said Cedar LNG, the start of “a new era of Indigenous-owned and led energy infrastructure.” The project is majority-owned by the Haisla Nation (50.1%) in partnership …
Our newsletter, 02 July 2026 Feds on speeding up project approvals Our latest blog, from law firm Torys LLP, looked at Ottawa’s promises to speed up federal approvals for resource projects, along with a new program to support Indigenous consultation. An accelerated approvals timeline would be used for all federal project approvals: one year for …
Law firm Torys LLP looks at Ottawa’s promises to accelerate federal approvals, with a new program to support Indigenous consultation: The reforms would facilitate the creation of Federal Economic Zones to cover (yet to be identified) areas like transportation corridors, telecommunications networks, energy production and transmission, and industrial regions. Under this proposal, Cabinet would have …
