Competing factions claim to represent bands in multibillion-dollar B.C. gas export plant debate – BiV
LNG project disagreement raises questions over north coast tribal governance
April 5, 2016
A dispute between the elected and non-elected hereditary chiefs of the Lax Kw’alaams Band over the Pacific NorthWest LNG project on Lelu Island in Prince Rupert is raising potentially thorny legal and political questions.
When First Nations have both hereditary governance and elected chiefs and band councils, who ultimately represents the people on land-use issues off reserve?
Until recently, the Lax Kw’alaams appeared to be unified in its opposition to the Pacific NorthWest LNG project.
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