Our Nov. 22 webinar discussion on reconciliation included these comments from participants: Kim Baird, Alliance advisor: ‘Economic reconciliation is just one branch of a broader reconciliation that needs to happen in Canada. Reconciliation means to me, at its simplest level, the respect of Indigenous rights and cultures, and to restore everything that First Nations have …
History and the road to Reconciliation Our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, took part in an online discussion hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce: Resource Champions: Creating Indigenous Prosperity. What follows is a condensed and lightly edited version of her remarks on several topics. “We are in the era of Reconciliation. It’s in the air, …
Our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, drove home a tragic history lesson toward reconciliation, in an online discussion hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce: Resource Champions: Creating Indigenous Prosperity. “We are in the era of Reconciliation. It’s in the air, it’s everywhere . . . (but) just in relation to the question about …
In one of our blogs, we explored how First Nations need support to open avenues to enable Indigenous equity investment in resource projects. Today, we look at another barrier to Indigenous equity investment — the federal government’s emissions-cap policy for oil and gas. We turn to the Indigenous Resource Network (IRN) for opening thoughts on …
Canada has LNG for the world Ellis Ross, BC Liberal MLA, former elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, and long a champion of LNG exports, was interviewed by BNN Bloomberg in Ottawa. Key comments: “In BC, back in 2004, it was actually First Nations that first brought the idea of exporting LNG to …
