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A summary of what LEAP is:
Legacy Energy & Alternative Power (LEAP)
Frog Lake First Nations have embarked on an intergenerational plan to transform our nation and lands from reliance on oil and gas extraction to pioneering leadership in clean energy. To do so, we have developed the Legacy Energy and Alternative Power (LEAP) Master Plan which is a strategy for reclaiming our land base from oil and gas wells and turning them into assets which will help to repair the scars on our land, and to pioneer technologies that will enable other First Nations to do the same. Our nation members on and off reserve have made it clear that we need to plan and act to create new collaborative economic and social development opportunities for our region, and to collaboratively build resilience and self-sufficiency against challenges highlighted by the pandemic and recent climate-related disasters
cLIFFTON CROSS
Cliffton Cross, Frog Lake First Nations #121 & #122 Council Member, is currently seeking reelection with FLFNs for a third term. Cliffton is proud to say that he was born and raised, attended K-12, graduated, married, and raised a family in his home First Nation. Councillor Cross has over 20 years’ experience working with the youth of his community, and he was previously employed with the community for 10 years, as FLFNs Youth and Recreation Director.
Councillor Cross currently holds the portfolios of Education, Daycare, Child and Family Services, Youth and Recreation, Blue Quills University, Capital Projects, and Economic Development. Through various community programs and implementation of several commercial operations, with the FLFNs Chief and Council, Cliffton has been instrumental in advancing the community’s involvement in industry projects including progress of the Site Reclamation Program, SAGD development, implementing a NET Zero Power plant project, and Carbon Hub Sequestration projects. The FLFNs has established partnerships and joint ventures with multiple industry partners, post-secondary/poly-sci institutions, engineering firms and communities, and most recently, the Legacy Energy & Alternative Power (LEAP) Strategic Master Plan – with multiple (14+) large scale green energy, food and water sovereignty and sustainability projects that are all in various stages of development.