Ben Parfitt
About Ben Parfitt
Ben Parfitt is a journalist as well as resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and recent author of Fracking, First Nations and Water: Respecting Indigenous rights and better protecting our shared resources.
The great tree robbery
As more old-growth trees topple and forest industry jobs plummet, an obscure government subsidy scheme fuels the collapse.
Northeastern B.C. needs Indigenous consent to keep its taps flowing
If ever there were a project that deserves to be a litmus test of the incoming government’s commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Site C is it.
