British Columbia Seeks to Spur LNG Projects With Haisla Deal

The British Columbia government agreed to lease or sell 700 hectares (1,730 acres) of land to the Haisla First Nation to help speed development of a liquefied natural gas terminal.

The agreement gives the Haisla, an indigenous Canadian group, access to waterfront land in an area where other LNG export terminals have been proposed, the government said in statement today. The Haisla are partners in one of the province’s LNG export projects and have rented out some of their land for another terminal.