How much First Nations business comes from government?
The following guest column was carried by the Troy Media national news service on 12 February 2021: By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS The Business Council of British Columbia sees “a generational opportunity to accelerate and realize a new future where Indigenous communities and businesses are equitably participating in B.C.’s open trading economy.” And Kim Baird, a First…
Contract opening: Diversity and Inclusion Outreach Worker, North West BC
CONTRACT TITLE: Diversity and Inclusion Outreach Worker LOCATION: North West BC START DATE: As soon as possible DUTIES: Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer on a two-month term contract, you will support individuals and First Nations by developing and applying outreach and research strategies to accommodate underrepresented populations working on Liquified Natural Gas projects. You…
Alliance hopes for Wet’suwet’en path forward
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…
Chief Crystal Smith’s speech: cheers, and tears
Our Alliance chair, Crystal Smith, elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, spoke at the BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George Jan. 30. More than a few in the audience were moved to tears. . . . The following transcript of her speech has been in a few places very lightly edited or condensed,…
Premier sees way forward for CGL pipeline
At the BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George, BC Premier John Horgan spoke on the Wet’suwet’en/Coastal Gas Link issue, and the role in it of his new “intermediary” liaison man, former NDP MP Nathan Cullen: “We are confident that there is a way forward. “I spent a day in a smokehouse feast at the…
