Guest column: Canada needs to set a new course with energy and minerals

This article appeared as a guest column in the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper  A commentary by the CEO of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance. She is an elected councillor of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and a former elected chief. By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS For a while, we thought Ottawa might be beginning to understand the …

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Newsletter: Alliance launches podcast series

Our newsletter: 19 March 2022 Alliance launches podcast series Now online, the first two podcasts in our initial Leadership Showcase series of four. First up was Kim Baird (above), former elected chief of the Tsawwassen Nation, chancellor of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and a key advisor to the Alliance. She talks of LNG, the energy transition …

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Transcript: Kim Baird podcast interview posted 11 March 2022

Here is a condensed transcript of the Kim Baird podcast of March 11, 2022. It has been edited to remove verbal stumbles, repetitions, and the usual so-called fillers: “ums, ahs, and ers” and the like. Host Stewart Muir: Welcome to the Leadership Success podcast, voices and views about British Columbia First Nations’ opportunities in the …

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Outreach session: First Nations environmental input

Our online Outreach session on 23 Feb. 2022 looked at First Nations monitoring and input on the environmental impact of LNG, pipeline, and resource development. The speakers: Candice Wilson, environmental manager, Haisla Nation Council, Desiree Bolton, Wai Wah environmental, Kitselas Nation, Elizabeth MacDonald of Insight Resources (which trains environmental monitors), and Ken Howes, director, major …

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Blog: It’s time to get Canada into the world LNG game

Shell’s LNG Outlook 2022 looks at world LNG supply and demand in the future and includes some positive findings: LNG has a key role to play as a reliable and lower-emission energy source, particularly in Asia; Natural gas plays a significant role in progressing net-zero-emissions ambitions. And there is this encouraging world-market vision for LNG …

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