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New First Nations Governance Trends Complicate Resource Agreements: Joseph Quesnel for Inside Policy

As First Nations increasingly adopt custom governance structures outside the Indian Act, they will have to clarify who speaks for the community when negotiating resource deals, and governments and companies will need to become more conversant with these new systems, writes Joseph Quesnel. By Joseph Quesnel, January 11, 2019 Internal governance disputes within a First… Continue reading New First Nations Governance Trends Complicate Resource Agreements: Joseph Quesnel for Inside Policy

Ep. 19 – The Resource Economy and Indigenous Rights with Ken Coates and Dwight Newman

In this episode of Pod Bless Canada, Ken Coates is joined by MLI Senior Fellow Dwight Newman to discuss the current state of affairs in Canada with respect to Indigenous rights in law, recent court cases, and what this all means for the resource economy. Their discussion traces watershed events in Canadian legal history to… Continue reading Ep. 19 – The Resource Economy and Indigenous Rights with Ken Coates and Dwight Newman

Why Trudeau spent $4.5 billion to nationalize an oil pipeline: Crowley in the Washington Examiner

It appears the only way a major pipeline project in Canada can get built is if the federal government buys the project as it did when it spent $4.5 billion Canadian to buy the Trans Mountain project, writes Brian Lee Crowley in the Washington Examiner. By Brian Lee Crowley, June 12, 2018 According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, the… Continue reading Why Trudeau spent $4.5 billion to nationalize an oil pipeline: Crowley in the Washington Examiner

Ottawa needs to protect environmental assessment from the zealots’ smears: Brian Lee Crowley and Doug Black in Sun papers

The recent disruption of hearings into the Energy East pipeline in Montreal are an affront to the rule of law and the will of the democratic majority, write Brian Lee Crowley and Senator Doug Black in the Sun chain of newspapers. Ottawa must therefore stand up for the integrity and credibility of the National Energy Board… Continue reading Ottawa needs to protect environmental assessment from the zealots’ smears: Brian Lee Crowley and Doug Black in Sun papers

“Social Licence”: The Rule of Law Transgressed: Paul Cassidy, Monika Sawicka and Leah Whitworth in Inside Policy

While it has become popular with politicians, the concept of requiring ‘social licence’ for resource projects is entirely at odds with the rule of law. By Paul Cassidy, Monika Sawicka and Leah Whitworth, Aug. 31, 2016 INTRODUCTION As protests mount against proposed resource projects across the country, it has become clear that some Canadians simply… Continue reading “Social Licence”: The Rule of Law Transgressed: Paul Cassidy, Monika Sawicka and Leah Whitworth in Inside Policy

Brian Lee Crowley takes the social licence radicals to task on CBC’s The 180

The concept of social licence for natural resource projects has legitimate and illegitimate forms. Brian Lee Crowley appeared on the CBC Radio One program “The 180” on Sunday, Dec. 13 to help you tell which is which.

Brian Lee Crowley brings straight talk on “social licence” to British Columbia

How do you get approval from local communities for natural resource development without subverting the rule of law? That was a question at the heart of a series of talks given recently by Brian Lee Crowley, the managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, in northern British Columbia. Of particular interest was the concept of social… Continue reading Brian Lee Crowley brings straight talk on “social licence” to British Columbia

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