As of March the two companies will become affiliate members of the First Nations LNG Alliance, which has its roots among northwestern First Nations who already have a stake in the LNG industry.
Both the Haisla and the Kitselas have economic benefits agreements with the LNG sector and the provincial government. Teresa Waddington, corporate relations vice president at LNG Canada, called her company’s move to join the alliance as an affiliate a top priority. The Haisla not only have agreements with LNG Canada but are also an active participant in the proposed small-scale Cedar LNG project, which would take natural gas from the Coastal GasLink pipeline that will supply the LNG Canada plant.