The City of Victoria voted on 24 Jan. 2020 to demand that BC and Ottawa halt construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, in a city resolution labelled ‘Declaration of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en People.’ Our response: A declaration on the audacity of a city government to meddle in the affairs of First Nations, having done nothing …
An open letter to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, regarding its statement re: the Coastal GasLink natural-gas pipeline. The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance here responds to the UN committee’s call on the federal government to halt the Coastal GasLink pipeline and two other projects (the Site C dam and …
An open letter to the B.C. Human Rights Commission regarding its statement re: the Coastal GasLink natural-gas pipeline. The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance responds to Commissioner Kasari Govender’s call on the federal government to halt the Coastal GasLink pipeline until there is Indigenous consent: The Alliance calls on Ms. Govender to live the words …
Our Alliance chair, Chief Crystal Smith, in a Canadian Press story that ran in (among others) the Tri-City News, Port Coquitlam BC, on 15 January 2020: Pipeline at centre of B.C. conflict is creating jobs for First Nations: chief “Our governance system has been managing poverty. It’s a similar situation in every First Nation in …
The following is a guest column from our alliance chair, Chief Crystal Smith, that ran in the Smithers Interior News on 15 January 2020: Pipeline issue up to Wet’suwet’en people Chair of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance hopes for a resolution to Coastal GasLink conflict soon The Coastal GasLink pipeline project offers lasting benefits …
