Yukon First Nations warn they'll block pipeline
Liard First Nation Chief Liard McMillan says the federal government has ignored demands to negotiate an agreement on a gas pipeline. CBCGroups want social and economic benefit agreement Yukon First Nations warn that they’ll block an Alaska gas pipeline unless social and economic benefits are negotiated for their people. Chiefs from the Liard and White River First Nations, as well as the Kaska Dena Council, made the threats in letters to the Northern Canada Pipeline Agency in Ottawa. Chief Liard McMillan of the Liard First Nation in Watson Lake, Yukon, said the federal government has ignored demands to negotiate an agreement.
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