AMC says Manitoba-Canada economic agreement violates treaty rights by Fraser Needham, Apr 15, 2026, ATPNNEWS
First Nations are speaking out against an economic agreement signed between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew that was announced on Tuesday.
The Canada-Manitoba Cooperation Agreement on Environmental and Impact Assessment is part of the Liberal government’s “one project, one review” framework intended to speed up major projects deemed to be in the national interest.
There is nothing in the public interest about this insane project, it serves frac’ers, sand miners, water and waste haulers, oil and gas companies, investment firms, and the rich
Kinew is keen to see development of the Port of Churchill, on the west coast of Hudson’s Bay, become part of this framework which would use the site to ship goods to Europe and beyond.
He said there is big potential for a northern Manitoba trade corridor, which he has said could include a pipeline to ship energy from Western Canada.
“As the war in Iran drives up energy costs and destabilizes global supply chains, the importance of Churchill cannot be overstated,”Fuckers, using the mass murder of innocents by Nazi USA and Israel, to enrich the rich. Absolute fuckers. I’ve lost all respect for Mr. Kinew Kinew said in a news release. “Not only will Churchill help get Canadian energy to new markets in Europe and India, but investment in the town, port and rail line will help us defend Arctic sovereignty and strengthen our economic ties to Nunavut.”
But in its own press release on Wednesday, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson called the agreement a “bilateral” approach between two governments that excludes First Nations.
“First Nations have been clear and consistent: we must be at the table as governments, not consulted after decisions are made,” she said.
“Our treaty relationship requires a tripartite, treaty-centred approach. Anything less falls short of the constitutional and human rights standards that Canada has committed to uphold.”
Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief for Manitoba Willie Moore added the agreement is part of an overall approach by the Carney government to sign major economic deals with provinces without consulting First Nations beforehand and violating treaty rights in the process.
“These are not new concerns,” he said in the same press release. “They have been clearly articulated through formal submissions and direct correspondence. Proceeding without addressing the risks deepening the gap between commitments to reconciliation and the reality experienced by First Nations.”
Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias said free, prior and informed consent with First Nations on development projects must be seen as mandatory for both the federal and provincial governments.
“Our nations live with the long-term impacts of these decisions,” he said in the press release. “When agreements move forward without our involvement, it places our lands, waters, and way of life at risk. Respecting our jurisdiction and ensuring our consent is not optional — it is fundamental.”
With files from the Canadian Press.
@theecologyprof.bsky.social:
A pipeline to Churchill by 2030 is in the same category as Doug Ford’s $100 billion tunnel under the 401: BONKERS!
And who’s going to pony up $50 billion for the fleet of a dozen icebreakers that would needed? I don’t want one thin dime of my tax dollars spent on that.
Carney, like Herr Harper, loves stealing from ordinary Canadian families to help his rich pals get much richer while poisoning communities everywhere they operate and speeding up the destruction of earth’s livable climate. He’s a fucking monster.
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Ottawa wants LNG to be shipped from Port of Churchill by 2030, Manitoba Premier says by Temur Durrani, April 17, 2026, The Globe and Mail
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Ottawa wants to start shipping liquefied natural gas from the Port of Churchill by 2030, calling it “a very aggressive, ambitious” target that will likely also include the construction of a new pipeline connecting to the Hudson Bay region.
In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Kinew outlined his government’s early plans for the small, deepwater port in Northern Manitoba after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week.
“The Prime Minister was very clear about shipping LNG by 2030,” Mr. Kinew said, adding that the onus is now on the Manitoba government to begin construction and secure private-sector investment “as soon as possible.”
Neither Ottawa nor Manitoba have previously specified a timeline for Churchill’s expansion or announced plans for a pipeline to the area.
Since last year, the federal and provincial governments have committed around $280-million toward planning and design for the port, eyeing it as a major infrastructure project for fast-track approval and funding.
Although Mr. Carney and Mr. Kinew have repeatedly called Churchill a “nation-building” project, critics have raised concerns about the environmental impact on a region that is a crucial ecological hub for polar bears and beluga whales and functions as a global climate regulator.Carney’s catholic, he doesn’t give a shit about other Canadians, never mind other species.
Industry officials and experts, meanwhile, have been wary of Churchill’s short shipping season, as it is frozen for about eight months a year and would require icebreakers to expand access.It’s the stupidest of Carney’s ideas yet, likely being pushed by Alberta evangelicals, Harper and Brookfield. Where the hell will the frac’d gas, frac sand and water come from?
Mr. Kinew said he has been pitching the LNG project for more than a year to Indigenous communities, along with seeking support from Ottawa.Very disappointed in Mr. Kinew. He ought to know better. This is a stupid project and idea. Stupid Stupid Stupid.
Arctic Gateway Group LP, a partnership of 41 northern communities and First Nations that operates the port and the railway that serves it, has been conducting feasibility studies with the province and federal government to gather industry perspectives about the possible export hub and energy corridor. Simultaneously, the University of Manitoba has been examining how new machinery could enable year-round shipping without harming the environment.FFS! That’s impossible. Fucking arrogant greedy ego-bloated inhumane sods
Manitoba plans improved health care, tax cuts despite projected $498-million budget deficitThere will be no health care if this stupid money wasting polluting water destroying LNG and pipeline project goes forward. LNG is all frac’d fucking gas. Just how many drinking water aquifers in Canada does Carney plan to let mostly American companies destroy?
This new target shows that the “time and energy spent on this” are worth the effort, Mr. Kinew said.
“I think this just provides a lot of clarity,” he said. “Being challenged with a specific timeline gives us the opportunity to pull people together and say, ‘Hey, if we want to do this in 3½ years, we’re going to need to work together and we’re going to need to roll up our sleeves and just sort through these issues.’”
The Premier did not say how much Manitoba and the federal government are willing to spend on Churchill in the future, including for a pipeline.
The Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
More than 1,000 kilometres north of Winnipeg, Churchill has a long history of shipping grain, though that business dwindled after subsidies were phased out just over a decade ago.
Recently, the Arctic Gateway Group began exporting test shipments of zinc concentrate from a Manitoba mine run by Hudbay Minerals Inc.
Proposals for what has been dubbed the “Port of Churchill Plus” have envisioned a resource corridor that would transport LNG, potash, oil, mineral ores, fertilizer and other agricultural products from Western Canada to Hudson Bay for delivery to international markets. That requires upgrades to the northern railway system, an all-season road, all-season shipping routes and a fossil-fuel pipeline.
Chris Avery, Arctic Gateway’s president and chief executive, said in a brief statement that he is “confident” about the 2030 target.
“Canada has what the world needs and now is the time to move,” he said.By the time 2030 rolls around, if earth is still capable of sustaining life given our refusal to reduce our baby making and refusal to stop letting billion dollar profit raping companies use our land, air, and water as free toxic waste dumps, I think grossly polluting and uneconomical LNG will be dead.
Rita Trichur: War in the Middle East makes the case for more Canadian energy and expanding the Port of ChurchillNo it doesn’t. Trump and Israel’s illegal bombing of Iran and Lebanon has made the world realize it must get off oil and gas, and build renewables. Just watch Carney bankrupt Canada with his endless tarshit expansion and LNG on every fucking coast.
At least two companies – NeeStaNan and Western Energy Corridor – have separately proposed pipeline routes from Alberta to Hudson Bay, though neither have been approved.I figured Alberta had to be in on this disgusting insane plan; I expect Alberta will demand a bitumen pipeline alongside the frac’d gas pipeline. Stupid Stupid Stupid
Christopher Doleman, an Alberta-based LNG specialist for the U.S. Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, said while “nothing is impossible,” the 2030 target appears tough to achieve.
Typically, he said, pipeline permits take five years for approval, with another five years or so needed for construction.Ya, but Herr Hideous Carney is using Trump as an excuse to massively deregulate the most polluting harmful industry in the world (frac’ing is the worst thing humans have invented, after religion), and stomp on Indigenous rights to please his rich pals and companies. Carney will grant the permits in half a day, no environmental, socio-economic, cumulative impacts assessments required, and no consultation with First Nations or local communities about to get the shit frac’d out of them and their drinking water. And, he’ll make ordinary Canadians finance it if no companies are stupid enough to invest.
A Hudson Bay pipeline would need to account for permafrost and climate change concerns, Mr. Doleman said, meaning it would likely be constructed above ground. An LNG liquefaction facility would also be required.
Feiyue Wang, director of the Churchill Marine Observatory and Canada Research Chair in Arctic environmental chemistry, said he worries about the risk of oil spills as shipping traffic increases.
“We need to develop technologies that can help us respond better in the event of a tanker spill and other concerns,” he said. “And these technologies will need to address the very specific problems of Arctic waters, especially if we want to do this project not only early but also do it right.”
Mr. Kinew said constructing the LNG pipeline to Hudson Bay is paramount, citing the need to withstand the effects of the war in Iran, which has driven up energy costs and destabilized global supply chains.most stupid reason to build this LNG project and pipeline; Trump and Israel’s illegal bombings and massacres of kids and other innocents, and Iran’s justified responses, has turned the world off fossil fuels. If Canada had stopped the polluting raping fossil fuel foolishness decades ago, and built renewables instead with the billions of dollars in annual subsidies to the dirty polluters, mostly American, there would be no need for this additional stupidity.
“I will fully acknowledge that 2030 is very, very aggressive,” he said. “But, hey, we are in a time of unprecedented upheaval. We have unprecedented collaboration between a federal and a provincial government, so why don’t we just challenge ourselves as Canadians and say, you know what, other countries do big things when they set their minds to it. Why not us?”
The Premier added that building up Churchill would not only provide “spinoff benefits” for the whole country, but he believes it also maintains a critical role in Canada’s sovereignty.Total bullshit. Canada will only be harmed by this fucking stupid project and pipeline, and how many species wiped out?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s musings in recent months about annexing Greenland have raised significant alarm and placed a geopolitical spotlight on Arctic security.
Earlier this year, Mr. Carney announced a multibillion-dollar defence plan that includes upgrades to existing northern military sites. Mr. Kinew told The Globe that he believes Churchill, a former military outpost, would be part of that endeavour.
Refer also to:
“The war has triggered a global surge in demand for electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, heat pumps and other fossil-free technologies. Inquiries about buying EVs have risen 23% in the UK since the attack on Iran began, by 50% in Germany and by 160% in France.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre…
@thenarwhal.ca:
Our newsroom published three investigations this week, including one that revealed Canada’s first major LNG export terminal was among the worst-emitting LNG plants in the world in 2025.
@carmenschan.bsky.social:
Its embarrassing and tragic!