The Alliance’s third outreach session on 29 July 2021 drew participants from BC and Alberta, and focused on local governments’ roles in economic reconciliation with First Nations. Here are condensed remarks from Mayor Dale Bumstead of Dawson Creek BC, himself a member of the Métis Nation, and Councillor Charlie Rensby of Burns Lake BC: Mayor …
Thanks to all who took part in our survey on the impact of LNG and associated pipeline development in BC. A total of 1,192 people sent in entry forms. We are notifying the 20 winners of $100 gift cards, and they will have until 5pm PDT on 16 July 2021 to claim their prizes. The …
What can local governments do to help progress on the path to economic reconciliation? What are they doing? What more could they do? What could (and should) senior governments do to accelerate progress? These things were discussed in our July 28 online outreach session with Dale Bumstead, mayor of Dawson Creek BC, and Charlie Rensby, …
What impact is LNG and pipeline and industrial development having on First Nations communities along the Coastal GasLink/LNG Canada route in BC? What effects on the people? On employment? On procurement and doing business with contractors? Take our survey, please, at www.tinyurl.com/SurveyFNLNGA The First Nations LNG Alliance Diversity & Inclusion Project is conducting this survey …
Some First Nations leaders have successfully put heat on Ottawa to speed up Bill C-15, Canada’s UNDRIP legislation. The government responded by putting a time limit on the first round of Commons debate on the bill, in order to move it along to a Commons committee for further scrutiny. Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the …
