Behn, Gillis talk Yukon, fracking on CBC radio

Energy and Resources, Fracking, Oil&Gas
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Behn, Gillis talk Yukon, fracking on CBC radio
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Listen to this 11-minute interview on CBC Yukon (below) with First Nations resource management expert and  lawyer Caleb Behn and Common Sense Canadian publisher and filmmaker Damien Gillis – who has been co-directing a film about Behn for the past 3 and a half years.

Caleb Behn in Whitehorse
Caleb Behn in Whitehorse

Behn and Gillis were in the Yukon this past week to discuss the pros and cons of shale gas development, in advance of the final public hearings by the Select Committee conducting a review into the industry. The Yukon has had a moratorium on fracking since 2012, but is now considering reopening the territory to the controversial form of gas extraction.

The pair made presentations in Whitehorse, Dawson City and Watson Lake . The final public hearings take place this coming week, after which the Select Committee is expected to deliver its recommendations to the legislature by the close of this Fall sesssion.

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