" ... There must be stem-to-stern collaboration with provincial and Indigenous governments as well as ..."
Too funny & lost me right there !
Traditional knowledge ?!
As for any issues related to science and technology - we seem to take pride in our collective public ignorance.
The general problem  is that presently anybody with an axe to grind - no matter how nebulous, uninformed, "traditional" or obtuse - can stop any major national scale project as long as they can obtain media attention and suitable politically correct headlines !
Thus we insist on buying oil from the Saudis et al in the ME to fund their mega-yachts rather than develop our own resources and infrastructure - related jobs, profits and taxes be damned !