Английская Википедия:Annita McPhee

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Annita McPhee is the former three-term president of the Tahltan Nation in British Columbia, Canada.[1][2] She was also named National Native Role Model by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson in 2000[3] and won the Aboriginal Woman of Distinction Award.[4]

Education

McPhee attended the University of Victoria law school and Thompson Rivers University social work school.[5] Her family placed a strong emphasis on education.[6]

Political career

McPhee was a key player in negotiating more than $2 billion in agreements for the Tahltan Nation over the Northwest Transmission Line, BC Hydro and AltaGas projects within their territory.[7]Шаблон:Unreliable source?[8] She also helped negotiate self-determination and taxation revenue-sharing projects. She also helped secure and protect the Sacred Headwaters from coalbed methane extraction and to save the headwaters of 3 major salmon bearing rivers; the Stikine, Skeena, and the Nass.[9]

On April 4, 2019, McPhee signed papers to seek the New Democratic Party candidacy in the Canadian federal riding of Skeena—Bulkley Valley.[2]

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