Blog: Fast track or fast Indigenous challenges for resource projects?

Prime Minister Mark Carney will start meeting Indigenous representatives on July 17 as he and his cabinet work to decide which major national resource projects get fast-tracked. “I will be meeting with First Nations rights holders on July 17, here in Ottawa, Inuit leadership in late July, and Métis leadership soon thereafter,” Carney announced. “I’ll …

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Blog: Anti-greenwashing law a red-tape nightmare

Last September, when we first looked at Ottawa’s anti-greenwashing law, we noted: “It’s clear the law (Bill C-59, amendments to the Competition Act) would apply to companies claiming, for example, that their production processes or new technologies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “However, the Competition Bureau conveniently will not have to prove that the claims …

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Ready, Set, ReconciliACTION

By Alliance CEO Karen Ogen In just a few days, G7 leaders will gather in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country. With ongoing tariff threats and actions and geopolitical instability, it is the perfect backdrop to highlight lower-emission Canadian energy, Indigenous ownership and leadership, and reconciliaction. On June 12, I joined colleagues Crystal Smith (Chief Councillor, Haisla Nation), Andrew …

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