CALGARY—To increase Indigenous ownership in the oil industry, First Nations should focus on small and medium-sized projects rather than mega-projects that require massive assistance from government, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
“The energy industry, and particularly the oil sector remains Canada’s leading private-sector source of high-paying jobs and contracts for Indigenous people, so greater cooperation among First Nations and the industry will increase opportunity in communities that need it badly,” said Tom Flanagan, Fraser Institute senior fellow and author of First Nations and the Petroleum Industry—from Conflict to Cooperation.