After Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta to advance a new bitumen pipeline to the Pacific coast, he met with Coastal First Nations (CFN) leaders in January. The Coastal First Nations are an alliance of eight First Nations and nine communities along BC’s central and north coasts and Haida Gwaii, who are opposed to the project. Beginning with Rebel News, an assortment of right-wing and media columnists have tried to discredit the legitimacy of the Coastal First Nations. Coastal First Nations, as a group, does not make decisions for the individual nations. Coastal First Nations, working with the BC government since the 2006 agreements, established conservancies covering 85 per cent of the forest, alongside ecosystem-based rules for sustainable forestry, carbon projects and marine planning across First Nations' territories.

Source: National Post February 04, 2026 05:11 UTC