A unique agreement makes the nation a project regulator Woodfibre LNG recognizes the Squamish Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, as a partner — and as a full and legal environmental regulator — of the Woodfibre project on Howe Sound in Squamish Territory. Hereditary chief Ian Campbell, Xalek/Sekyu Siyam, reflects on how all this happened: “When Woodfibre came …
BC Premier David Eby is drawing high praise these days for what sounds like a near-biblical conversion to the cause of LNG development in BC. But while it’s true that his BC New Democratic Party once derided BC’s LNG hopes as “a cloud of pixie dust,” David Eby himself was never publicly opposed in practice. …
Our newsletter, 04 June 2026 Karen Ogen writes national guest column Alliance CEO Karen Ogen wrote a guest column in Financial Post, headlined: Opinion: Indigenous-led LNG deal with Germany is the kind of reconciliation Canada needs. She began: “An Indigenous-led LNG project in northwest B.C. last week agreed to supply Germany with one million tonnes of …
Montney’s natural gas is a crown jewel No wonder that Resource Works founder and CEO, Stewart Muir, called the Montney natural-gas reserves “British Columbia’s economic crown jewel.” The Montney Formation in BC and Aberta has an area of 130,000 km², about the size of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia combined. And “The Montney” now is, by …
Our newsletter, 09 April 2026 Federal outlook bright for LNG exports After 10 years of federal reluctance to push energy exports, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has been signalling things will change. And now comes a new outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator that sees our natural-gas use, driven by LNG exports, growing by 47 …
