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News release: Alliance hails LNG Canada equity option

First Nations Natural Gas Alliance hails LNG Canada/MNT Investments equity option as “Indigenous LNG” in action — First Nations owning their future The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance (FNNGA) today welcomed the landmark equity option agreement between LNG Canada and MNT Investments LP as a defining example of “Indigenous LNG” and of First Nations owning …

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Blog: Major reforms for project approvals

Law firm Torys LLP looks at Ottawa’s promises to accelerate federal approvals, with a new program to support Indigenous consultation: The reforms would facilitate the creation of Federal Economic Zones to cover (yet to be identified) areas like transportation corridors, telecommunications networks, energy production and transmission, and industrial regions.  Under this proposal, Cabinet would have the …

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Blog: Squamish Nation supports Woodfibre LNG

Squamish Nation supports Woodfibre LNG 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 …

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Alliance CEO Karen Ogen: Indigenous-led LNG deal with Germany is the kind of reconciliation Canada needs

The following guest column by Alliance CEO Karen Ogen ran in The Financial Post on June 3: Opinion: Indigenous-led LNG deal with Germany is the kind of reconciliation Canada needs Karen Ogen: The agreement between the Ksi Lisims project and a government-owned German energy utility shows reconciliation can bring real benefit By Karen Ogen An Indigenous-led …

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