Story by Prince George Matters ‘There are a lot of important facts that haven’t been put out’ It’s always been a hot topic: LNG in Canada and B.C. but one First Nations organization says there is a lot of misinformation when it comes to Indigenous support during a Prince George panel visit today (March. 14). …
“We want jobs!” — Archie Patrick, former chief councillor, Stellat’en Nation First, please be aware that there is no central hiring or contracting agency for LNG developers in B.C. You need to apply to the individual companies and contractors. To explore possibilities with potential employers and contractors, here below are some useful pages: (This page …
Chief Dan George’s guest column in The Province, 22 February 2019: Many B.C. First Nations have benefit agreements with LNG and other resource projects, offering reliable and predictable revenues for Indigenous communities, their people and their governments. Now there’s growing interest in taking a more ambitious step: going for equity ownership, a share of the …
The two quotes above are from our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, on LNG Canada’s Facebook page, which has 17,000 followers. It ran the quotes with: ‘Karen Ogen-Toews offers more insight into the necessity of Indigenous consultation and the need to find a path forward together.” Her words were from her guest column in The Province …
Our CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, writes a guest column in The Province: We have protest groups, we have politicians, we have social-media axe-grinders and we have people with their own legal interpretation of the issues, all arguing back and forth over whether First Nations are governed by hereditary chiefs or elected councillors. But there’s usually something …
