@article {54425,
	title = {Chiefs tell Alberta Government: "Fix Lower Athabasca Regional Plan"},
	journal = {Marketwire},
	year = {2011},
	month = {06/2011},
	publisher = {Marketwire L.P.},
	address = {Toronto, ON},
	abstract = {"There is no legal impediment to the Government of Alberta to involving First Nations more meaningfully in land use planning," said Bob Freedman, legal counsel to the First Nations. "They just don{\textquoteright}t seem to be willing to do so."

"LARP is a smoke screen to make it seem like the Alberta government has a plan to protect the region. The reality is that LARP will allow for massive expansion of oil sands development that already violates our rights, and is causing environmental and health problems," said Chief [Roxanne Marcel]. "Alberta cannot afford to have this Government push through a land use plan that prioritizes the interests of one industry and essentially ignores the health and sustainability of local ecosystems and cultures."

Violating First Nation rights can open oil sands development to litigation risk, corporate reputation risk, market risk and other investor risks. "We have come to say enough is enough," Chief [Allan Adam] said. "We have constitutionally protected rights under Treaty 8. If the Alberta government doesn{\textquoteright}t do what is needed to protect our land, air and water and our rights, then we will oppose further industrial development in the region, and oppose the draft LARP using every legal avenue available to us."},
	keywords = {Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations (ACFN), First Nations rights, land use planning, Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP), Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN)},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/870388287},
	author = {Anonymous}
}
