Various media outlets interviewed David Austin on the Lax Kw’alaams rejection of a $1.1-billion cash and land offer to support Petronas’ $11-billion LNG project in Prince Rupert. Should the project move forward against the First Nation’s wishes, “it would be a very complex case. Would an LNG developer be patient while it was winding its way through the courts, or would it seek alternatives in another part of the world?” asks David. Learn more about this “$36-billion question.” David also says “The devil is in the details, but risk is definitely being allocated to taxpayers,” in an article by The Globe and Mail.
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