UPDATE / ISSUE 2

SQUAMISH NATION /

WOODFIBRELNG /PROPOSAL

C O N T I N U E D O N PAG E 2

SQUAMISH PROCESS CONTINUES; T WO MORE COMMUNIT Y MEETINGS

Members are invited to take part in two upcoming meetings:

≥ Totem Hall / Tuesday June 9 / 7–9 pm

≥ Chief Joe Mathias Centre / Thursday June 11 / 7–9 pm

In July 2014, the Squamish Nation began its independent assessment of the proposal to build a natural gas pipeline through Squamish Nation territory to Woodfibre LNG's proposed $1.6-billion export LNG plant at our village of Swiy’a’t (former Woodfibre Pulp Mill site).

Since then, the Nation has been holding a series of community meetings with members, helping them to learn about the proposal and gather information regarding their views on the pipeline and LNG plant — and how they might affect sensitive marine habitats in the estuary and beyond.

Many members are expressing concerns about the potential effects on sensitive marine habitat in the Squamish estuary and in Howe Sound — should the project proceed. Others are concerned about the effects on freshwater habitat — the rivers and streams — along the route of the proposed pipeline twinning.

All these environmental issues — and many more — are being studied in great detail by our scientists. And now, in Phase Two of our independent assessment of Woodfibre, we are collating science-based data with reaction from our members.

A COMPREHENSIVE LIS T

Scientists working for the Nation have identified a comprehensive list of environmental issues that will be used to assess the risks and benefits of the project — from a SN perspective.

SQUAMISH NATION VOWS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

S N VOW S T O P RO T E C T … C O N T I N U E D F RO M C OV E R

SQUAMISH NATION / WOODFIBRE LNG / UPDATE / ISSUE 2

FACT S

≥ Proposed is a 52-km twinned pipeline from Indian Arm to Squamish.

≥ Pipeline will route under much of the Squamish Estuary with a 700-metre trench on the west side of the Squamish River.

≥ Proposed LNG plant will be located on private land previously zoned as industrial.

≥ An estimated 2.1 million tonnes of LNG will be exported each year.

≥ Each month, an estimated 2–4 tankers will carry the LNG through Howe Sound, south through the Gulf Islands, into Juan De Fuca and west into the Pacific Ocean.

TIMELINE

≥ SN environmental advisors are currently completing the assessment.

≥ We expect to present the findings to members during the first few weeks of June.

≥ If we have all of the information we need to make an informed decision on the project, Council may be able to make its decision mid-June.

≥ The Nation will then be in a position to discuss its decision with the federal and provincial governments prior to the release of their EAs, expected by the end of July or mid-August.

A number of themes have emerged. These include concerns about seawater cooling; explosions and fires at the proposed LNG plant; effects from tanker traffic; increasing industrialization of the Squamish corridor; protection of salmon, herring, and other fish stocks — and effects from under-the-estuary pipeline construction.

Scientists working for the Nation have identified a comprehensive list of environmental issues that will be used to assess the risks and benefits of the project from a SN perspective. Above all, SN is committed to protecting sensitive marine habitat.

In a recent column in the North Shore News, Chief Ian Campbell wrote, “the rehabilitation of the Sound has become a sacred trust for us.“

“And there is much good news to report: The herring are coming back; so are the wild salmon and cod; and, as recent sightings demonstrate, killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins are returning too. But there is a lot still to be done,” Chief Campbell wrote.

As a next step, SN will clearly spell out the risks and the benefits of the Woodfibre proposal to our members.

By mid-June, Squamish Nation Council is expected to vote to accept or reject the proposal. Unswayed by others, we will decide our own future — by, and for, ourselves.

We won’t allow outsiders, whether they support the pipeline or oppose it, to decide for us. It is our future — our decision to make.

CRITIC AL VOTE EXPECTED MID-JUNE

By mid-June, Squamish Nation Council is expected to vote to accept or reject the proposal. Unswayed by others, we will decide our own future — by, and for — ourselves.

RISKS AND BENEFIT S

As a next step, the Nation will clearly spell out the risks and the benefits of the Woodfibre proposal to our members.

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