LNG and the Haisla Nation: A share and a say – Resource Works

Crystal Smith, former elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation in BC, joins our Stewart Muir for a Power Struggle interview. She talks about what led her nation to support LNG Canada — and to plan its own LNG-for-export project, Cedar LNG.

Underlying the Haisla approval of LNG development was a collective desire to have economic opportunity, and “a share and a say” in any development.

“It was to have a share and a say in in terms of what our beautiful territory has to offer in in terms of economic development. We’re very fortunate geographically to be located at the end of the Douglas Channel, which is a deep seaport that does not freeze, so there’s a lot of opportunity. . . .

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