By David Keane, veteran LNG executive and special advisor to our Alliance Something significant is happening in Canada’s energy and resource sectors, and I believe it deserves considerably more attention than it has received. Indigenous Energy Monitor’s State of Indigenous Equity Ownership 2026 report that was released in April identified 546 Indigenous-owned energy and resource …
Canada has been called “an absolute natural-gas powerhouse.” That from natural-resource advocate Canada Action, which adds that natural gas benefits Canadians in ways that include: Providing an affordable and reliable energy source for homes and businesses; Creating jobs nationwide, including more than 40,000 direct jobs in production, transmission, and distribution; Generating significant government revenues through …
(This week’s blog is condensed from a report by law firm Dentons in Canada, part of Dentons global.) Over the past few years, a combination of federal and provincial government programs — anchored by loan guarantees, equity loans, and legislative reforms — has dramatically expanded the capital available to Indigenous communities seeking ownership stakes in …
By KAREN OGEN, CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance Three years ago, the world’s premier liquefied natural gas conference came to Canada – Vancouver, in fact – for the first time. It was an opportunity for BC to tell the world about our fledgling LNG opportunity. At that point three years ago, LNG Canada wasn’t …
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 …
