Malaysia's Petronas is offering a financial package worth some C$1.15 billion (US$950 million) to a British Columbia aboriginal group in a groundbreaking bid to win support for a proposed LNG export terminal and pipeline on the province's Pacific coast. Members of the Lax Kw'alaams First Nation began voting Monday on whether to accept the offer, which would include cash payments totaling more than C$1 billion over 40 years, as well as a number of other inducements including jobs, training programs and scholarships.
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