From the news I read, Tsilhqot’in people claimed that Taseko Mines Ltd’s project brought negative impacts to their daily life and the whole environment.

Acting as an external factor, the First Nations have the power to affect the business’s plans and model. In this situation, the tribal park took over the mine site, which was previously owned by Taseko. This restricted the company’s access to the key resources: mines. Lack of necessary resources will reduce the production of goods and services. Thus, the company’s main goal – profit maximization, would become hard to achieve.

In 2013, even though Taseko came out with a commitment (the company will help protect the environment during production process), this commitment seemed hard to come true because the ecosystem in Tsilhqot’in was still being affected due to logging and pollution.

From my perspective, if a company only focuses on gaining higher profit at the expense of the environment which the local habitants have been trying to protect, this will make the relationship between the company and the First Nations even worse. Instead, Taseko should treat the Tsilhqot’in as key partner when setting the company’s plan. Building a good relationship between these two groups and protecting Tsilhqot’in people’s interests can actually avoid such conflict to take place. Taseko should improve their business model and focus on using other greener resources. They should also negotiate with Tsilhqot’in people, sign up an agreement and get the permission about what kinds of activities they can do in the title area. Since the whole society nowadays pays close attention to the living environment and the rights of the First Nations, if Taseko keeps ignoring people’s interests or breaks the agreement, this company will definitely be at risk.