First Nations want bigger role in resource development: Atleo Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo, speaks to the media at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa Jan. 10, 2013. (Andre Forget/QMI Agency)
JESSICA HUME, PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU Sep 29, 2013 , Last Updated: 2:02 PM ET http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2013/09/28/21158236.html OTTAWA -- The head of the Assembly of First Nations signaled a renewed willingness to work with the feds on major resource development projects, but also said the government needs to do better at upholding treaty and land obligations. "Now, there's a recognition that [First Nations] will shape the conversation about both extraction of natural resources but also distribution," Atleo said Friday. Speaking to the Vancouver Board of Trade, Shawn Atleo talked about First Nations' desire to be a greater part of resource development projects - a departure from positions on those projects taken in the past. "We are at a moment of either collaboration or collision," he said, adding that First Nations' vision for the Canadian extractive and resource industries was a "balance between development and environment." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Native News North List info{all lists}: http://nativenewsonline.org/natnews.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NatNews-north/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NatNews-north/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: natnews-north-dig...@yahoogroups.com natnews-north-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: natnews-north-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
