Thanks to all, visitors and panellists, who took part in our second online Outreach session on June 17. Our next Diversity and Inclusion session will be on Wednesday July 21. It will be open to all and free. We’ll soon post more information, including how to register. And we’ll post reminders on our social-media streams …
The First Nations LNG Alliance is pleased to hear of the proposed agreement reached in meetings of the federal and provincial governments and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. The Alliance now hopes for further progress as the agreement is brought to the Wet’suwet’en people in the coming days. We look for it to provide a path forward …
The following is our open letter to BC’s human rights commissioner, Kasari Govender, in response to her letter to us of 23 January 2020. It all centres on First Nations issues related to construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Dear Commissioner: Re: Your letter of January 23, 2020 This is in response to your above …
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 …
Read moreOur declaration to the City of Victoria: no meddling in Wet’suwet’en affairs
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 LNG 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 the …
Read moreOpen letter to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
