Members of the Wet’suwet’en Gidimt’en Clan first spoke up, from coast to coast, in a guest column in National Post, released by the Wet’suwet’en First Nation council at their request: Opinion: We are Wet’suwet’en and the Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters do not represent us: http://ow.ly/BrtP50H5jOg It said in part: “We are deeply hurt and angered by …
Who should resolve CGL issue? Headlines ran coast to coast on blockades that stranded 500 Coastal GasLink (CGL) workers at a workcamp, the clearance of the blockaded forest service road by RCMP, and the arrests of 14 protesters. The federal government said talks with various parties are at a “critical junction.” And the spokesperson for …
Our newsletter 10 November 2021: Our next online Outreach session We’ll take a look at progress on LNG projects in our next Outreach session, on Wednesday Nov. 24. It will start 15 minutes earlier than past sessions, and will run from 11:45am to 1pm PST. We’ll post details on our social-media pages when we have …
Policies hamper the Indigenous right to say ‘yes’ to projects Ken Coates, professor, commentator, senior fellow of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and friend of our Alliance, supports the right of Indigenous peoples to approve resource projects, and to be prime players in them. But, he argues, government policies aimed at reinforcing Indigenous rights to consultation “are …
Our next online Outreach session We’re lining up speakers for our next Outreach session, coming via Zoom on Wednesday Oct. 27, from noon to 1:15pm PDT. Note: This is a new date, postponed from Oct. 20. We’ll post more details on our social media channels as we have them. In the meantime, check out the …
