Assembly of First Nations to host national energy forum in February – Montreal Gazette

July 8, 2015

With Canada’s two largest pipeline projects facing resistance in aboriginal communities across the country, the Assembly of First Nations will host a national energy forum in February to meet with representatives of the oil industry.

“Yes we want to have a dialogue, a dialogue about pipelines and mining, about alternative sources of energy,” said AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde, speaking at the organization’s general assembly in Montreal on Wednesday.

“We need to bring everybody together and find that common ground because right now (the discussion) is all over (the place). This is really too important to not bring people together to dialogue: the industry, the private sector, the public sector, First Nations governments, environmentalists, all these people will come together to find that common ground.”

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