Ken Coates and me on the fracking mess in NB

My good friend Ken Coates and I recently published an op-ed in the Globe and Mail about the violent confrontations occurring at the Elsipogtog First Nation reserve in New Brunswick. While Ken and I fervently agree that violence is not to be condoned, the reaction in a great deal of the media betrays once again the extent to which the rest of society has not caught up with the rapidly evolving relationship between Aboriginal peoples and natural resource development.  Fortunately, models are now coming to the fore in which First Nations’ legitimate rights and interests are being taken into account. We have to push farther and faster in this direction or Canada’s economic future will be seriously damaged.