But organizers of the LNG conference will feature panels in support of exports, such as a session titled Reconciliation and Canadian LNG: Indigenous Energy Leadership on the World Stage. That panel’s list of scheduled speakers includes the Haisla’s Ms. Smith and Woodfibre president Christine Kennedy.The Haisla co-own Cedar LNG with Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp.
Shell PLC-led LNG Canada would become the country’s first export terminal for the fuel when Phase 1 opens in 2025. The project is 85 per cent completed in Kitimat. The LNG conference is normally held once every three years, though after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, 2022, the venue was changed to Vancouver and the timing of the gathering delayed by more than a year.
“We fought tooth and nail for that HaiSea contract,” said Ellis Ross, a member of the B.C. legislature and former chief councillor of the Haisla. “It was huge and very symbolic for us.” About 190 kilometres of the pipeline route cross the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s unceded traditional territory. Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose Coastal GasLink say they have jurisdiction over that territory., TC Energy, LNG Canada, Ksi Lisims and Cedar are among the exhibitors at the sprawling trade show that will run concurrently with the conference. Other exhibitors from Canada include natural-gas producers such as Tourmaline Oil Corp., ARC Resources Ltd. and Birchcliff Energy Ltd.