“This is not a money issue: this is an environmental and cultural issue.”
Lax Kw’alaams, BC, mayor Garry Reece on why his First Nations band rejected a $1 billion offer from Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on their traditional territory. He clarified that Lax Kw’alaams is open to development, just not in proximity to important salmon spawning grounds.
