By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner More than a week after Premier Susan Holt held a closed-door meeting with New Brunswick\u2019s First Nations chiefs, her Liberal government is still not saying anything about one of the main topics of discussion \u2013 the explosive issue of drilling for natural gas. Brunswick News has talked to several chiefs who confirmed that the idea of exploiting the resource was part of the talks, a sensitive issue in a province where pushback from opponents, including Indigenous demonstrators, led to a moratorium on fracking that has been in place for a dozen years. Allan Polchies, the chief of Sitansisk or St. Mary\u2019s First Nation in Fredericton, said in an interview at a community event this week that natural gas was just… <\/p>\n
By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner More than a week after Premier Susan Holt held a closed-door meeting with New Brunswick\u2019s First Nations chiefs, her Liberal government is still not saying anything about one of the main topics of discussion \u2013 the explosive issue of drilling for natural gas. Brunswick News has talked to several chiefs who confirmed that the idea of exploiting the resource was part of the talks, a sensitive issue in a province where pushback from opponents, including Indigenous demonstrators, led to a moratorium on fracking that has been in place for a dozen years. Allan Polchies, the chief of Sitansisk or St. Mary\u2019s First Nation in Fredericton, said in an interview at a community event this week that natural gas was just... <\/p>\n