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Setting the record straight on the day’s top anti-oil and gas media stories
ACTIVIST CLAIM: Anti-LNG activists claim natural resource projects harm reconciliation efforts, even when Indigenous groups support them.
THE FACTS: Activists silence Indigenous voices instead of respecting their sovereignty and right to partner in natural resource projects.
THE SOURCES:
Canada chooses oil companies over Indigenous peoples
Here are some facts and sources to have a reasoned conversation about Coastal GasLink:
- Activists silence Indigenous voices and use them as political pawns instead of respecting their sovereignty and right to partner in natural resource projects.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-using-indigenous-peoples-as-political-pawns-in-resource-development-is/
- 100% of elected First Nation councils support the project and have signed benefits agreements for their communities.
https://www.coastalgaslink.com/sustainability/indigenous-relations/ - Coastal GasLink has provided over $1 billion in employment and contract opportunities for Indigenous and local businesses.
https://www.tcenergy.com/operations/natural-gas/coastal-gaslink/
- Hereditary Chiefs who support the Coastal GasLink pipeline have been threatened or had their titles stripped.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hereditary-house-chief-declares-support-for-coastal-gaslink-plan/ - Canadian LNG can be 62% cleaner than Chinese coal can reduce global emissions.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339467541_Greenhouse-gas_emissions_of_Canadian_liquefied_natural_gas_for_use_in_China_Comparison_and_synthesis_of_three_independent_life_cycle_assessments
Stories that get it right
US carbon hub developer, Carbonvert Inc., partners with participating Treaty Six First Nations, and Kanata Clean Power to address Alberta’s request for an equitable carbon sequestration hub proposal
Treaty Six First Nations are in the process of developing their own carbon tech hub alongside US partner Carbonvert Inc. The T6-Kanata CarbonHub will be owned by the “Treaty Six-Kanata Carbon Hub Limited Partnership,” through which participating Métis and Treaty Six First Nations will be the majority owners of a key carbon reduction infrastructure project in their traditional territory.
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