LNG Canada to benefit First Nations The long-awaited $40-billion LNG Canada project at Kitimat, and the associated pipeline that will feed it natural gas, mean big and long-term benefits for First Nations, says the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance of BC. “This is huge news,” the Alliance’s CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, former chief of the Wet’suwet’en …
The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance hailed today the announcement by Coastal GasLink Pipeline of the conditional award of $620 million in contract work to First Nations businesses along Coastal GasLink’s natural-gas pipeline route in BC. “This is terrific news,” said Karen Ogen-Toews, CEO of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance. “When there is a …
There’s a “high degree of support” among First Nations for LNG development in BC, a new report finds. “In fact, many First Nations representatives raised the need to push the remaining projects over the finish line,” adds the report, from the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance and the BC’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]First Nations Natural Gas Alliance applauds BC support for LNG British Columbia’s First Nations Natural Gas Alliance gave thumbs-up Thursday to BC’s new “level playing field” for LNG development. “A positive and welcome move,” said Alliance CEO Karen Ogen-Toews, as BC announced what it called “a revised fiscal framework that is designed to put natural …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, B.C. – September 28, 2016 – The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance (FNLNGA) supports the federal government’s approval of the Pacific NorthWest LNG project in Prince Rupert, B.C., based on the proponent meeting 190 stringent conditions to mitigate environmental impacts. The prominence placed on meaningful First Nations consultation and engagement demonstrates a …
