Aboriginal Issues and Canada's Oil and Gas Sector (Speech)
In this speech to the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada's (MISC) 2014 Annual Conference: "Petrocultures 2014: Oil, Energy, and Canada's Future", IISD President Scott Vaughan discusses Canada's oil and gas sector as it relates to Aboriginal Issues and climate change.
The Petrocultures "Who Owns Our Oil?" Panel is available to view on YouTube.
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