Ep. 077: Natural Resources Belong to Canada's First Nations

Guest: Bill Gallagher, author

While most Canadians seem unaware of the changing ownership of the country’s natural resources, it hasn’t gone unnoticed internationally.

That's what Bill Gallagher, author of Resource Rulers, believes. He says, “President Obama basically said he’s not interested in our bitumen and we’ve got a group of Asian CEOs saying they can’t get anything done in Canada” due to resource development stalemates.

Gallagher goes on to point out First Nations are “the backbone of this movement. They have a long-running winning legal streak, they are massively empowered.” Gallagher says the good news is First Nations want to do business with the rest of Canada and the world as partners. He points out that working with First Nations brings with it social license and rather than gridlock. “First Nations could ride into the rescue.”