Landmark LNG agreement under fire in lawsuit – CBC
Blueberry River First Nations’ B.C. Supreme Court petition claims province ignored treaty rights
Nov 23, 2015
The Blueberry River First Nations have filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court seeking to quash the province’s landmark liquefied natural gas deal with a company controlled by Malaysian energy giant Petronas.
The first nations claim the government ignored their treaty rights in reaching a long term royalty agreement with Progress Energy and four other parties to extract LNG from an area of northeast B.C. known as the North Montney.
The gas would be liquefied at a proposed export facility built near Prince Rupert by Pacific NorthWest LNG, which is also controlled by Petronas.
