Path to resource certainty goes through Indigenous consent, conference hears

The idea of granting Indigenous communities the power of consent over resource development is a solution, not a problem, in building the certainty that many industries in B.C. are demanding, argues lawyer Cynthia Callison.
That would be a step beyond the existing standards in Canada that First Nations be consulted and accommodated when they have Aboriginal title in an area under development. But it would result in better decisions that balance the distribution of benefits from development, she s