First Nations and Consultation

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.