This guest column by our Alliance chair, Chief Dan George, appeared in The Vancouver Sun on 10 August 2018: First Nations’ successes in more than 200 court cases across Canada have established, defined or expanded our title and rights when it comes to resource development on our unceded territories. They have, for one thing, established …
TransCanada announced June 26 that its Coastal GasLink Pipeline project has conditionally awarded $620 million in contract work to northern BC Indigenous businesses for the project’s right-of-way clearing, medical, security and camp management needs. Conditional, that is, on a Final Investment Decision by the Joint Venture Participants of LNG Canada for their proposed natural gas …
‘Once in a lifetime’ economic opportunity for B.C.’s northwest By Tom Fletcher Legislature reporter, Black Press A group of northwestern B.C. Indigenous leaders is encouraged by meetings with the NDP government about the prospects for liquefied natural gas development. Members of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance travelled to Victoria this week, after Premier John …
The following letter was publicly posted on 15 March 2018 by the Haisla First Nation, a couple of days after it was sent to BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver: A recent blog post by BC Green Party leader Dr. Andrew Weaver criticized the LNG industry, and the government for promoting it. Building an LNG …
This guest column first ran in The Vancouver Sun almost a year ago, but the message still rings true. . . . By JOSEPH BEVAN Chief councillor, Kitselas First Nation When I was elected chief councillor of the Kitselas First Nation, located near Terrace, it was part of my mandate to move forward on economic …
