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Originally Posted by Azure
To say the least.
"We are concerned about long-term environmental affects on our land."
"Here is another $10m payment."
"We have studied the long-term affects and feel that the risks have been mitigated."
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This obviously isn't a fair representation of the hundreds of different consultations that take place every year in Canada.
But how else are First Nations supposed to do the cost-benefit analysis for these projects for their communities? And hiw else are energy companies supposed to compensate them for environmental damage and disruption of aboriginal hunting rights etc caused by these projects?