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GNWT, Indigenous governments intervene over Imperial assessment – Cabin Radio

October 28, 2024

Multiple Indigenous governments have filed paperwork telling a regulator it should proceed with an environmental assessment of Imperial Oil’s Norman Wells facility over Imperial’s objections.

The Tłı̨chǫ Government, Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government and a committee of Fort Good Hope leaders said the ability to refer a project to environmental assessment – as the Sahtu Secretariat did with Imperial’s facility in September – is a treaty right that Imperial cannot contest.

The GNWT, however, said an environmental assessment referral was “premature.”

Read More: https://cabinradio.ca/207674/news/economy/mining/gnwt-indigenous-governments-intervene-over-imperial-assessment/

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