Canada’s Indigenous groups are seeking deals with BRICS member China to bolster their communities’ income. The indigenous communities under the ‘First Nations in Canada’ are seeking deals with China that could give Beijing access to the country’s natural resources.
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The indigenous groups in Canada are seeking deals with BRICS member China despite warnings from the Canadian Security Services (CSS). The CSS has warned the indigenous communities about conducting business with Xi Jinping’s government. However, Canada’s indigenous groups are not paying heed to the warnings despite being at odds with its national security priorities.
The deals from the indigenous groups could give access to BRICS member China’s natural resources in Canada. This week alone, the Canada-China Business Council indigenous trade mission is being held in Beijing. The two groups will discuss potential energy and other business deals that put Canada into “reconciliation”.
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The group’s leader Karen Ogen said that indigenous people have been let down by their own government in Canada. Therefore, she revealed that they want to sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) to BRICS member China. Ogen stated that the deals will benefit the Wet’suwet’en communities in Canada’s western province of British Columbia.
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“We’ve been oppressed and repressed by our own government. I know the history with China is not good but we have an understanding of what we need and what they need,” she said to the Financial Times. BRICS member China had previously expressed its support to the indigenous people of Canada.
Chinese officials said in 2015 that “systemic violations of indigenous people’s rights by the US, Canada and Australia,” is growing. The BRICS member China is now gaining the trust of Canada’s indigenous communities to gain access to its natural resources. “The potential for economic activity between China and Canadian Indigenous businesses and communities is immense,” read the previous press release.