How could a "trusted…

How could a "trusted proponent" be considered trustworthy if they are not committed to the duty to obtain free, prior and informed consent from Indigenous Peoples regarding the initiation of a project?
If such a "trusted proponent" is prepared to violate the rights of fellow Canadians in concert with a complicitous Minister both are in violation of their duty to adhere to our Charter rights and as such not to be trusted. This would not be responsible government. To be designated a trusted proponent one must abide by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Otherwise, elite interests can discriminate against First Nations in a colonialist fashion and carryout projects initiated in bad faith.

In the absence of rigorous criteria in determining which projects are to be approved, it is too easy for a Minister in their "opinion" to give the go ahead for a project which disproportionately benefits privileged investors and that Minister's corporate career prospects, while harming the ecology, the public interest and future generations.