The election of a minority federal government under Justin Trudeau doesn91裸聊视频檛 change B.C.91裸聊视频檚 position on oil and natural gas projects, B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman says.
Commenting Tuesday on the re-election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 Liberals with a minority mandate, Heyman said B.C. continues its opposition to twinning the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
91裸聊视频淲e will be continuing to do what we91裸聊视频檝e been doing for two years, standing up for B.C.,91裸聊视频� Heyman said.
The B.C. NDP has supported the LNG Canada pipeline and export facility at Kitimat, extending tax incentives to help the $40 billion plan come to fruition. Heyman said he doesn91裸聊视频檛 expect federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to attempt to stop it in a minority government, and the province91裸聊视频檚 CleanBC plan focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 see any change,91裸聊视频� Heyman said. 91裸聊视频淢r. Singh has said he sees a long-term future of moving away from fossil fuels. LNG Canada has been approved, it fits within CleanBC, and it currently being constructed in terms of the work camp and other plans are underway.91裸聊视频�
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The Edmonton-based Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, representing the majority of contractors on the Trans Mountain expansion project, congratulated Trudeau on his re-election.
91裸聊视频淎fter a distracting and divisive campaign, it91裸聊视频檚 time for Canadians to get back to building this country91裸聊视频檚 future,91裸聊视频� association president Paul de Jong said Tuesday. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e urging the Liberal government to demonstrate its commitment to 91裸聊视频榗hoosing forward91裸聊视频� by delivering quickly on its commitment to rebuild Canada91裸聊视频檚 aging infrastructure across all regions.91裸聊视频�
The Trudeau government green-lighted the Trans Mountain project for a second time this past summer, and on the eve of the federal election campaign in late August, the now-federally owned Trans Mountain Corp. gave notice to its main construction contractors that it had 30 days to begin 91裸聊视频渉iring workers, procuring goods and services and developing detailed construction work plans.91裸聊视频�
The project has faced more than a dozen legal challenges, nearly all of which were rejected by courts, and more may come forward as individual property owners along the pipeline route dispute the disturbance to their land.
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