NYC billboards featured message about importance of Canada’s energy to reconciliation

Partnerships with Canada’s energy sector offer an incredible opportunity to pull our next generation out of poverty

A Canadian Indigenous leader lent his voice to a Manhattan billboard campaign this past September, hoping it will bring global understanding that the country’s energy industry is playing an important role in bettering the standard of living of many First Nations People in Canada.

“Partnerships with Canada’s energy sector offer an incredible opportunity to pull our next generation out of poverty,” said Dale Swampy, president of the National Coalition of Chiefs. “These partnerships advance the path of Reconciliation.”

Swampy, whose organization represents about 80 First Nations communities across Canada, hopes his message during New York’s Climate Week – one of the largest environment-focused events in the world

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– helps shine a light on the strong relationship many Indigenous communities have with Canada’s oil & gas and cleantech industries and the role economic and environmental partnerships have in the pursuit of Reconciliation.

“It’s important people also understand that the oil & gas industry is taking its commitment to tackle climate change se-