Pipeline creating jobs for First Nations: Chief Crystal Smith
Our Alliance chair, Chief Crystal Smith, in a Canadian Press story that ran in (among others) the Tri-City News, Port Coquitlam BC, on 15 January 2020: Pipeline at centre of B.C. conflict is creating jobs for First Nations: chief “Our governance system has been managing poverty. It’s a similar situation in every First Nation in…
Crystal Smith: Pipeline issue up to Wet’suwet’en people
The following is a guest column from our alliance chair, Chief Crystal Smith, that ran in the Smithers Interior News on 15 January 2020: Pipeline issue up to Wet’suwet’en people Chair of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance hopes for a resolution to Coastal GasLink conflict soon The Coastal GasLink pipeline project offers lasting benefits…
UNDRIP: exploring the opportunities
Our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, was quoted on this story from Business in Vancouver: TC Energy Corp. (TSX, NYSE:TRP), the company building the Coastal GasLink pipeline, recently affirmed its commitment to offer First Nations along the pipeline route an equity position of up to 10% in the pipeline, which is part of the $40 billion…
Crystal Smith: First Nations economic reconciliation to continue
A guest column from our Alliance chair, Chief Crystal Smith, that appeared in Business in Vancouver: To say the least, Canada’s First Nations have been playing in an unequal playing field for a long time. But I can confidently say the tides are turning – and, I believe, will continue to turn throughout the next…
Guest column: LNG, Reconciliation, invitation
Our guest column that ran in The Interior News, Smithers BC, on 09 October 2019: Did you know that, from 1927 to 1951, First Nations people in Canada were not allowed to hire lawyers? And that other people could actually be jailed for helping them raise legal funds? We may think we have come some…