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Indigenous communities face unique challenges in funding infrastructure projects, experts say


 
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The federal budget’s promise to spend $6-billion on infrastructure improvements in Indigenous communities is a welcome move, but closing an infrastructure shortfall estimated at $30 billion means breaking down barriers to funding and creating a climate of Indigenous equity ownership in projects, say experts.
“Overall, there is a want from our Nations to become involved as partners in the economic activity that is happening in their territories, and our participation in major infrastructure projects is an opportunity for us to help shape the future and to strengthen our economies,” said Sharleen Gale, Chief of the Fort Nelson First Nation in northern British Columbia and chair of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition. ....

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Fort Nelson First Nation, municipality reject criticism of proposed pellet plant


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Photograph By Fort Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce
The Fort Nelson First Nation and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality are  voicing their support for a proposed wood pellet facility after a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report criticized the project, which involves cutting down vast tracts of forest and turning them into pellets for export overseas. 
 
Most wood  pellets are made with waste materials like branches and trees that can’t  be used to produce lumber, combined with milling byproducts such as  wood chips and sawdust. But Peak Renewables doesn’t have access to  byproducts and plans to log whole trees for pellets, which would be  shipped overseas and burned to produce heat and electricity.  ....

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Fort Nelson First Nation, municipality reject criticism of proposed wood pellet plant


Fort Nelson Log Truck
(Peak Renewables)
The Fort Nelson First Nation and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality are voicing their support for a proposed wood pellet facility after a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report criticized the project, which involves cutting down vast tracts of forest and turning them into pellets for export overseas.
Most wood pellets are made with waste materials like branches and trees that can’t be used to produce lumber, combined with milling byproducts such as wood chips and sawdust. But Peak Renewables doesn’t have access to byproducts and plans to log whole trees for pellets, which would be shipped overseas and burned to produce heat and electricity. ....

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