Acknowledgement of systemic racism helps demonstrate energy regulator’s commitment to reconciliation

The Canada Energy Regulator’s acknowledgment, however, would have rung hollow if it were not taking parallel action to change its operations.

Construction work on the Trans Mountain pipeline is pictured outside Valemount, B.C. in September 2020. That work of the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee challenges us all to listen, to understand, to question our assumptions, to respect cultural difference, and to be courageous in confronting colonial legacies and implicit bias. Flickr photograph by Adam Jones

Opinion

BY MICHELLE WILSDON

March 17, 2021

The Canada Energy Regulator recently acknowledged systemic racism within the organization, and committed itself to systemic change. On behalf of Indigenous representatives who work closely with the Canada Energy Regulator in the oversight of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX), we applaud th...

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