Net Zero: Indigenous non-profit seeking Trans Mountain ownership – iPolitics

Jan 25, 2022

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Nesika Services, an Indigenous non-profit organization launched on Monday, is seeking an ownership stake in the Trans Mountain Pipeline, saying it aims to make sure First Nations along the pipeline’s route receive its benefits directly.

Chief Tony Alexis of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in Alberta is the chair and founding director of Nesika. Alexis said 14 Indigenous communities along the pipeline’s route in Alberta and B.C. have already signed on.

He also noted that Nesika is in the process of reaching out to all 129 communities that have been identified by the federal government as being impacted by Trans Mountain.

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