John Dempsey

John Dempsey is a Treaty Indian and member of the Blood Tribe in southern Alberta.  He is currently a Director for Indian Oil and Gas Canada, heading up the Regulatory Compliance Division.  These responsibilities include operational policy development, legislative and regulatory development, Environmental Protection, Technical Business Support, Resource Analysis and Compliance and Litigation Support.

In his time with Indian Oil and Gas Canada John led the development of the amendments to the Indian Oil and Gas Act in 2009 including preparation of strategic policy direction and appearances before House and Senate committees to debate the amendments.