{"id":83055,"date":"2015-02-11T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=83055"},"modified":"2024-11-29T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T14:15:07","slug":"who_licenses_the_licensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=83055","title":{"rendered":"Who licenses the licensors?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mr. Crowley pointed out that the wealth of natural resources could only be unlocked for the benefit of the population through rule of law. The popular concept of social license, unfortunately, fails to entail rule of law and democratic principles and is conveniently abused by groups opposed to resources development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download and read the full transcript of the speech below:<a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/resourceworks\/pages\/231\/attachments\/original\/1423674575\/CrowleySocialLicenceTalk_January2015.pdf?1423674575\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crowley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crowley.jpg 381w, https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crowley-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/resourceworks\/pages\/231\/attachments\/original\/1423674575\/CrowleySocialLicenceTalk_January2015.pdf?1423674575\">Click to download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"a\/RRIid\"  ><a href=\"\/\/imgur.com\/a\/RRIid\">Social License &#8211; what IS it?<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian-Lee Crowley, managing director of the MacDonald-Laurier Institute, gave a speech at Resource Works on the concept of social license<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":88501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[431,32,456,247],"class_list":["post-83055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crowley","tag-energy","tag-laurier","tag-social-license"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who licenses the licensors? 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