The federal government says it will take a “co-ordinated effort” alongside Indigenous communities and the B.C. government to build the power, highway, telecommunications, port and rail infrastructure Northwestern B.C. and Yukon need to unlock vast critical minerals deposits in the area. To help that along, Ottawa has referred a Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor to the Major Projects Office. The corridor concept also envisions a conservation area the size of Greece. The Red Chris Mine expansion, included in the first batch of nation-building projects to be considered, falls within the proposed corridor, as does Ksi Lisims and the North Coast Transmission Line.
