An open letter to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, regarding its statement re: the Coastal GasLink natural-gas pipeline. The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance here responds to the UN committee’s call on the federal government to halt the Coastal GasLink pipeline and two other projects (the Site C dam and …
An open letter to the B.C. Human Rights Commission regarding its statement re: the Coastal GasLink natural-gas pipeline. The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance responds to Commissioner Kasari Govender’s call on the federal government to halt the Coastal GasLink pipeline until there is Indigenous consent: The Alliance calls on Ms. Govender to live the words …
First Nations in BC “have an opportunity in front of us that is historic”, an opportunity that comes from the development of the LNG industry. Those words were from Chief Councillor Crystal Smith, at a Prince Rupert gathering hosted on Tuesday by the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance. “We have the opportunity to re-instil our …
News release: John Alan Jack, an elected councillor of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations on Vancouver Island and chair of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, has joined the board of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance of BC. On the board, he succeeds Robert J. Dennis Sr., the elected chief councillor for Huu-ay-aht First Nations. Jack leads …
News release: Clifford White (Nees Ma’Outa), the newest member of the board of directors of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance, is both a hereditary leader and an elected chief councillor of the Gitxaala Nation. He is a lifelong facilitator and trainer, and has been involved for more than 10 years with the First Nations Court …
