Wet’suwet’en land defenders and members of the Otomi, Nahua, Totonaco and Tepehua tribes in Mexico, filed a shareholder proposal during TC Energy’s AGM asking for an independent assessment of the financial damage TC Energy has incurred from failing to obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from local Indigenous groups.
“I am worried for the Nahua, Nuntajiiyi and other coastal indigenous communities that have not given Free, Prior, Informed, Consent to TC Energy about the pipelines they want to build in their traditional territories,” said Eve Saint, Financial Campaigner for Gidimt’en Checkpoint. “Especially given the human rights violations we have experienced, I dread what our Mexican relatives will endure opposing TC Energy.” (TC Energy also has projects in Mexico.)
TC Energy did not response for comment about the proposed financial assessment.
