‘This is why we say Canadian LNG is Indigenous LNG’ From a speech by Alliance CEO Karen Ogen (photo above) to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute’s conference on the global role of LNG, in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2025. The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance was founded in 2014 not long after the idea of …
Crystal Smith award ‘honours all Indigenous Peoples’ Honoured by the Energy Council of Canada as 2024 Canadian Energy Person of the Year, Crystal Smith said her award also recognized Indigenous Peoples across Canada. She is the elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, and chair of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance. Here is a slightly condensed …
Diversify our exports with Indigenous LNG That’s from our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen, writing in The Vancouver Sun: “I have been meeting officials in Japan. Our stable, long-time ally and trading partner wants Canadian LNG. Our allies in Korea want it too. And Malaysia. All throughout Asia, in fact. “There is a huge market for …
Condensed comments by Chief Councillor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation, in an interview by Edward Greenspon on the WONK podcast from the Public Policy Forum: On life at the Nation’s Kitamaat Village: We have approximately 2,000 Haisla members that reside here, on and in our community, and others that reside elsewhere like Vancouver, Vancouver Island …
Our newsletter: 30 January 2025 Resources ‘core focus’ for BC It’s good to see BC Premier David Eby recognizing a little light on the road of natural-resource development. He said BC’s resources “need to be developed” and added: “Responsible, sustainable development of natural resources will be a core focus of our government, now and well …
