We see it often: natural-resource projects, including LNG, that speak happily of the training and jobs that will go to Indigenous people and communities. And they do. But in practice those jobs are far too often modest ones: janitor, security guard, caretaker, junior technician, technical assistant, basic labourer. They are, we regret, simply “jobs” and …
Our newsletter: 18 December 2025 LNG carriers meet rigorous safety standards As LNG Canada points out: “LNG shipping has one of the best records in the shipping industry . . . without a single cargo loss since the first commercial cargo was shipped in 1964.” And it continues: “All LNG carriers adhere to rigorous safety standards …
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 …
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 …
