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Originally Posted by peter12
Well, obviously some bands felt less included than others. They all wanted a pay-out. Do you know how ridiculously complex it is to create a consultation strategy when you are dealing with something as amorphous as a claim to have rights to a "traditional territory?"
Companies try to find bands that are directly, or significantly indirectly affected by the project impact. A community that exists 500 km away cannot make any real claim on this basis, but they do anyway.
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The band in question's home territory is about 50 miles southwest of Kitimat (according to their website), so I think they would definitely have legitimate reasons to be worried about increased tanker traffic and potential spills.