How Indigenous peoples can save the resource economy in Canada

With full Indigenous partnership for the first time in Canadian history, the country can have a robust, successful natural resource economy.
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured on May 29 in Ottawa when they announced the government's next steps to take control of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
In one of the most unexpected developments in recent years, numerous First Nations have recently come out in favour of both the construction of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline and, more surprisingly to most Canadians, have indicated a desire to buy all or part of the now-nationalized proje...

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