Our newsletter, 13 August 2026 Indigenous equity in infrastructure Governments in Canada have dramatically expanded help for Indigenous communities seeking ownership stakes in major project developments. Among the programs, the federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program has grown from $5 billion to $10 billion. The Canada Infrastructure Bank’s Indigenous investment target has tripled to $3 billion. And …
The latest in a series from law firm Fasken, via Lexology: Part 3: Indigenous Partnerships and Investment: Indigenous support is critical to energy, infrastructure and resource project success in Canada. Read it at https://bit.ly/4xnirBP • Part 2: Putting Canadian LNG in context, and a look at Canadian LNG going forward: https://bit.ly/4q1GvI3 • Part 1: Canadian LNG …
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 …
