{"id":322017,"date":"2025-12-03T04:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/322017\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T04:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:59:14","slug":"first-nations-chiefs-vote-unanimously-to-reject-any-changes-to-b-c-s-oil-tanker-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/322017\/","title":{"rendered":"First Nations chiefs vote unanimously to reject any changes to B.C.\u2019s oil tanker ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Nations chiefs have voted to reject any changes to the current oil tanker ban off the Northern B.C. coast.<\/p>\n

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The resolution was carried unanimously at the Assembly of First Nations<\/a> gathering in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

The chiefs also voted in favour of a resolution asking the federal government to withdraw from the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with Alberta last week<\/a> that could pave the way for a new pipeline through B.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cChiefs have different views on development; this is to be celebrated,\u201d Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, the Assembly of First Nations national chief, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told the press that it should not be used in fear, or used as a wedge to try and divide us. The truth is that Canada can create all the MOUs, project offices, advisory groups they want, but chiefs are united. When it comes to approving large national projects on First Nations lands, there will not be getting around rightsholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations \u2013 Great Bear Initiative, said they are grateful for the unanimous support of the Chiefs from across Canada.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe federal government must recognize that First Nations communities and the protection and stewardship of our territories are not a barrier to Canada\u2019s economic prosperity \u2014 we are the source of it, and our communities cannot be an afterthought on government agendas,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe urge the federal government to uphold the oil tanker ban.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Indigenous nations in Alberta remain mixed in their reception<\/a>, even as one group has been named a key partner.<\/p>\n

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The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC) was named a key partner in Ottawa and Alberta\u2019s memorandum of understanding last week.<\/p>\n

Channa Martineau with the AIOC said that consultation with First Nations is often done too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere you want that Indigenous participation is at the very beginning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always say those conversations might be hard, they\u2019re not easy conversations, but you\u2019re better to have them up front than to get mired in quagmire when you\u2019ve already invested in a project that isn\u2019t workable from an Indigenous perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister\u00a0Mark Carney<\/a>\u00a0and Alberta Premier\u00a0Danielle Smith<\/a> signed the memorandum of understanding<\/a> last week that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline<\/a>\u00a0to the West Coast.<\/p>\n

At a signing ceremony in Calgary Thursday, the two agreed to terms that commit Ottawa to adjusting the West Coast tanker ban if a pipeline project is approved as a project of national interest under the Building Canada Act and provides \u201copportunities for Indigenous co-ownership and shared economic benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n

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