Calgary, AB – The National Coalition of Chiefs’ Energy and Resource Summit opened this week in downtown Calgary, bringing together Indigenous leaders, industry and government. In a fireside chat, Alberta’s Premier outlined how the province is taking a more hands-on approach to Indigenous engagement on major projects like a potential

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will headline a summit on clean energy hosted by the National Coalition of Chiefs (NCC) this month in Calgary. The invitation was issued despite Smith’s government imposing a temporary moratorium on new renewable electricity this past August in order to conduct a regulatory review. According to

At the National Coalition of Chiefs (NCC) we have developed several national First Nation employment and training programs, including our flagship, the NCC National First Nations Electrician Apprenticeship program, which operates in partnership with the Aboriginal Skilled Workers Association (ASWA). We’re also working with First Nation communities and industry to develop an employment program

If the federal government continues on its path with a “just transition,” an emissions cap and other crippling legislation, we will enter an energy crisis that will have catastrophic effects on our people, especially those living on reserves across this country. Read the Op-Ed

“The Canadian government talks a lot about reconciliation. A huge part of actually acting on reconciliation is allowing Canada’s First Nations to prosper while contributing our knowledge to solving the climate challenge. The current government plan doesn’t do that.” Read the Op-Ed