Canada is facing a moment that feels less like a policy debate and more like a reckoning. Across the country, resource development projects continue to move forward, but the resistance from Indigenous communities is no longer being treated as a secondary obstacle. It has become central to whether these projects proceed at all, and more importantly, how the country defines fairness, ownership, and respect moving forward. For generations, development decisions were made with limited input from the communities most affected by them. That approach created deep and lasting resentment, particula