The Lax Kw'alaams Band   
      
   Yesterday BC learned of the Lax Kw'alaams Band's public consultation which is   
   opposed to the LNG project on their territory, as proposed. The Globe & Mail   
   reports, "The company said project leader Petronas and its five Asian partners   
   are willing to make    
   changes in response." First Nations are not the only groups who have refused   
   cash offers in exchange for approval of development projects. Much of the   
   population of Africa is the same.   
      
   China is resource hungry and for a long time has been interested in Africa. At   
   first the Chinese encountered many setbacks with their proposals for the   
   development of resources when only cash was offered. Gradually the Chinese   
   changed and offered    
   community based projects which had a same cash value. When they offered to   
   build highways, overpasses, schools, hospitals, etc.; they were much more   
   successful. Between 2002 and 2012 Chinese imports from Africa increased from   
   US $5 billion to US $91    
   billion.   
      
   Petronas and partners should come down to ground zero. The Lax Kw'alaams live   
   as a group in many ways. They were consulted as a group. As a group they might   
   be interested in Band Housing, School & Hospital, Sewage Treatment, Water   
   Purification, Band    
   Office, Community Centre, Elder Lodge, Wharf, Breakwater, Airport, Ferry   
   Terminal, Sidewalks, Fish Plant, General Store, etc.    
      
   JL - 14-05-2015   
      
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