Karen Ogen: First Nations are critical to LNG in Canada
‘This is why we say Canadian LNG is Indigenous LNG’ From a speech by Alliance CEO Karen Ogen (photo above) to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute’s conference on the global role of LNG, in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2025. The First Nations LNG Alliance was founded in 2014 not long after the idea of creating…
News: Crystal Smith award ‘honours all Indigenous Peoples’
Crystal Smith award ‘honours all Indigenous Peoples’ Honoured by the Energy Council of Canada as 2024 Canadian Energy Person of the Year, Crystal Smith said her award also recognized Indigenous Peoples across Canada. She is the elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, and chair of the First Nations LNG Alliance. Here is a slightly condensed version…
Newsletter: Indigenous LNG exports, Crystal Smith honoured, Indigenous energy news, and more
Diversify our exports with Indigenous LNG That’s from our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen, writing in The Vancouver Sun: “I have been meeting officials in Japan. Our stable, long-time ally and trading partner wants Canadian LNG. Our allies in Korea want it too. And Malaysia. All throughout Asia, in fact. “There is a huge market for…
Blog: Chief Crystal Smith on her Haisla Nation, and benefits from LNG
Condensed comments by Chief Councillor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation, in an interview by Edward Greenspon on the WONK podcast from the Public Policy Forum: On life at the Nation’s Kitamaat Village: We have approximately 2,000 Haisla members that reside here, on and in our community, and others that reside elsewhere like Vancouver, Vancouver Island…
Newsletter: Resources ‘core focus’ for BC. The bully pulpit, the bully, and our economy. And more . . .
Our newsletter: 30 January 2025 Resources ‘core focus’ for BC It’s good to see BC Premier David Eby recognizing a little light on the road of natural-resource development. He said BC’s resources “need to be developed” and added: “Responsible, sustainable development of natural resources will be a core focus of our government, now and well…
