Former Liberal MP Bob Rae has been appointed chairman of the board of the British Columbiabased FN (PTP) Group Limited Partnership, or FNLP. The FNLP is a limited partnership of 15 First Nations along the proposed PTP pipeline route between Summit Lake and Kitimat. The appointment comes as FNLP prepares to implement a $200-million commercial agreement with the Paciffic Trail Pipelines Limited Partnership, the pipeline component of the proposed Kitimat LNG Project. Rae resigned his seat in the House of Commons last month to represent the Matawa Tribal Council over resource development in the "Ring of Fire" region 540 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.
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