Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 42)

"The process will also include greater public, and indigenous consultations on projects, something that is not currently part of the National Energy Board regulatory regime."

(CBC, January 27, 2016)

« Considerable investment by countries, organizations, and universities in recent years has led to significant advances in our understanding of all aspects of environmental change in the Arctic. There is still a need for additional international scientific collaboration in this area, however, particularly around gathering, synthesizing, and sharing information related to environmental changes in the Arctic and their regional and global implications. »

(White House’s Website, May 13, 2016)

« Today, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, and the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, announced the Federal Cabinet's decision to approve the $11 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG Project after a rigorous federal environmental assessment.[…]

Indigenous peoples were meaningfully consulted, and where appropriate, impacts on their rights and interests were accommodated: Consultations were extensive with Indigenous communities with funding of over $480,000 provided to support their participation in the environmental assessment. Project conditions address the impact on the current use of land and resources by Indigenous peoples for traditional purposes. Indigenous groups near the project site participated in technical working groups. These groups will also participate with Canada and the province in environmental monitoring, a new innovative approach that is consistent with the government's reconciliation agenda and commitment to enhance the capacity of Indigenous groups in reviewing and monitoring major resource development projects. »

(Press release, September 27, 2016)

« Arctic science and evidence-based policy are vitally important to tackling the challenges that Arctic communities in Canada and around the world are facing. The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of collaborating with Indigenous peoples and other Arctic nations to develop solutions together. »

(Press release, September 28, 2016)

« Justin Trudeau’s government has quietly issued its first batch of permits for the Site C dam — allowing construction to move forward on the $8.8 billion BC Hydro project despite ongoing legal challenges by two First Nations. The federal-provincial review panel’s report on Site C found the 1,100 megawatt dam will result in significant and irreversible adverse impacts on Treaty 8 First Nations. Caleb Behn, who is from West Moberly First Nation, one of the nations taking the federal government to court, says Trudeau has broken his promise. »

(National Observer, July 30, 2016)