The TransMountain Expansion Project and the Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Canada.
“They [non-Indigenous] speak a different language [...] not just, you know, English, but I’m speaking about the capacity to actually understand and truly listen. You know, the highest form of respect you can give somebody is to sit and listen.” - Indigenous Chief in Canada (Anonymous, quote from the study) Canada, Photo by James Wheeler from Pexels I n resource governance, different actors attach different values to natural resources. The state sees economic development and jobs creation in resource extraction, while Indigenous groups living on resource-rich lands often attach cultural values to nature. With some states adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), which includes the concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), there are questions on how to reconcile states’ goals, Indigenous priorities and stronger Indigenous rights. The Trans Mountain Expansion Project in Canada ...