‘A northwest tidewater bitumen pipeline is the answer to being able to increase our production or increase our economic activity,’ said Dale Swampy, chief executive of the National Coalition of Chiefs. By Steven Wilhelm Published Sep 22, 2025 Last updated 1 day ago A First Nations group that’s in favour of oil and gas development …
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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 bitumen pipeline, stressing that past …
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Michael Binnion, the founder of the Modern Miracle Network, spoke Friday at the National Coalition of Chiefs (NCC) Energy and Natural Resource Summit in Calgary, stressing the need to reconcile different historical narratives and work together to secure the future of the nation’s energy sector. Binnion — a leading figure in Canada’s oil and gas industry — …
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Indigenous leaders have emphasized that reconciliation and economic prosperity can only come when First Nations are owners and equal partners in developing Canada’s resources, not just bystanders. Speaking at the National Coalition of Chiefs’ (NCC) Energy and Natural Resource Summit in Calgary on Friday, Crystal Smith, Chair of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance and …
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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 a fact sheet produced by …
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 to defeat on-reserve poverty. None …
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
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