Dan George: Some chiefs support B.C. gas pipeline

Reaction to the Coastal GasLink application for a court injunction to lift the blockade of a public bridge in Wet’suwet’en territory highlights two major issues that First Nations must resolve.
The first is, “who speaks for Indigenous people?” The other is, “how will we close the gap between our low standard of living and that of most non-Indigenous Canadians?”
The first question reflects a tension between our traditional governing systems and more contemporar