Enbridge First Nations and Business Summit
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A couple days ago, Enbridge hosted a Summit with Business and Aboriginal leaders from most of the First Nations communities along the proposed route for its Northern Gateway Pipeline Project. The Summit was attended by over 350 people and there was keen interest from both businesses and communities about the opportunities offered by the Project. Northern Gateway is committed to a goal of $300 million in Aboriginal procurement and services contracts associated with construction. During the Summit, Northern Gateway announced it had committed to $1.5 million in training and education to be avavilable with matching funding expected from both provincial governments (BC & Alberta) and Federal sources. The project is also offering Aboriginal equity ownership and other project inducements which, in total, set the expected benefits to Aboriginal communities at $1 billion. Read Full Post
On Oct 1 2010 the NEB announced a Participant Funding Program. The purpose is to assist parties in participating in public hearings in relation to facility applications being held before the Board.