First Nations and Consultation · Issue Brief
Consultation Works Best When It Has a Calendar
Rights recognition and project certainty both suffer when consultation becomes open-ended.
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10 stories, briefs and analysis pieces.
First Nations and Consultation · Issue Brief
Rights recognition and project certainty both suffer when consultation becomes open-ended.
First Nations and Consultation · Analysis
The court ruling forced reform. The next test is whether the province can administer it without choking exploration.
First Nations and Consultation · Analysis
Shared decision models will be judged by whether they deliver durable outcomes, not by how progressive the language sounds.
First Nations and Consultation · Issue Brief
First Nations need resources to review files. Proponents need a process that reaches an answer.
First Nations and Consultation · Analysis
Equity, contracting and revenue-sharing all require projects that make it through approval and into production.
First Nations and Consultation · Analysis
Broad map-based restrictions may satisfy short-term politics but leave operators and communities fighting over uncertainty.
First Nations and Consultation · Issue Brief
A drill trail, a bulk sample and a billion-dollar mine should not be treated as the same policy object.
First Nations and Consultation · Analysis
The strongest mining agreements create jobs, environmental oversight and shared benefits without freezing the land base.
First Nations and Consultation · Analysis
Prospectors should not need a legal team to understand the first step in responsible engagement.
First Nations and Consultation · Issue Brief
Government cannot download constitutional complexity to small miners and then blame everyone else for delay.