B.C. First Nations Reject LNG Project
Members of the Lax Kw’alaams first nations band voted No and oppose the plan to build a liquefied natural gas pipeline and terminal in their territory. This decision could reach distant shores where investors are poised to decide if they will commit tens of billions of dollars to building an LNG industry in British Columbia.
The 3,600 members of this Tsimshian First Nation in Prince Rupert have been offered more than $1.1-billion in exchange for their consent to the construction of the Pacific NorthWest LNG facility. Their final decision will be determined by the elected band council although it has been stated that too much is at stake to wipe out a whole river as the plan is to build an LNG plant is right at the mouth of the Skeena River.
The B.C. government let it be known that it has revenue-sharing agreements in place with 28 First Nations for planned pipelines meant to supply proposed billion-dollar LNG plants on the coast of B.C.
However this didn’t sit too good with the rejection last week by the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation in two community meetings for the $1.14-billion benefits package from the Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG project, TransCanada’s Prince Rupert gas and the transmission pipeline . The Lax Kw’alaams is one of the seven First Nations with which the province is still negotiating.
When it comes to trading in a traditional way of life and quite possibly wiping out fish species there has to be a better solution.
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Tags: B.C., First Nations., liquefied natural gas, LNG
