Our newsletter: 12 September 2024 LNG Canada takes in first gas To start working on its first testing of the Kitimat plant, LNG Canada has begun receiving gas from the Coastal GasLink pipeline and low-level flaring has commenced. LNG Canada advises that more visible flaring will begin in the coming weeks. “Flaring is a critical …
For a change of pace, as the Alliance keeps an eye on the energy transition, this blog is taken from a remarkable analysis by McKinsey and Co., a U.S. multinational strategy and management consulting firm. (Only footnotes have been removed) Scaling up deployment of decarbonization technologies is crucial to achieve net zero, but there is …
Our newsletter: 29 August 2024 LNG and First Nations in the news News media have been buzzing with stories and headlines about Canadian LNG, and the role of First Nations in its development. Geoff Russ, for example, wrote in National Post: “B.C.’s transformation into a major player in oil and gas has been a triumph. . …
Canada’s Senate (according to its own description) is to deliver this: “The Senate’s fundamental role is to be a complementary legislative body to the elected House of Commons in providing sober second thought.” And it adds this: “The Senate has become an important institution for the representation of minority interests and groups who may be underrepresented …
Governments are finally recognizing that First Nations who want to invest in their own opportunities should be supported with financing tools. In British Columbia, $1 billion has been earmarked for the First Nations Equity Financing Framework; the federal government has brought forward a $5-billion national equity- financing framework. In Alberta, the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation …
