Fast and furious project approvals a missed opportunity to build real economic power in partnership with First Nations

Ensuring that the First Nations on whose land the projects are being built consent to and participate in them is the surest way to tilt the balance towards prosperity for all.
Prime Minister Mark Carney. The federal government’s decision to press forward with cursory and tokenistic consultations is a step back from the real progress that has been made, in exchange for no particular benefit to Canadians, writes Corey Shefman.

The federal government recently announced that it is going to give Indigenous governments across Canada only 30 days to review its proposed overhaul of major project approval processes. While governments in Canada continue grasping at straws to find new and dramatic ways to ...

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