B.C. Premier John Horgan said Monday his government will make its views known to B.C.91裸聊视频檚 public service pension fund about its investments in Russian petroleum companies and a state-owned bank, but it can91裸聊视频檛 be directed by politicians.

Opposition MLAs called for the government to assist an international effort to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and to accelerate liquified natural gas development to help Europe reduce its dependency on Russian gas.

B.C. Liberal MLAs reminded the government that in 2021, B.C. Investment Management Corp. listed among its holdings $103.25 million worth of shares in Russian state-owned bank Sberbank, $83.85 million in Lukoil, $32.2 million Rosneft Oil, and $19.16 million in Gazprom, the Russian gas company. Opposition leader Shirley Bond said Rosneft is the main supplier of oil for the Russian military.

Horgan said the province91裸聊视频檚 donation of $1 million to the Red Cross for its humanitarian efforts in Central Europe and stopping sales of Russian vodka and other spirits are within its mandate, but investment decisions are made by trustees. 91裸聊视频淏ut it is, I suggest, a call that British Columbians would want them to respond to,91裸聊视频� Horgan told the B.C. legislature Feb. 28. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 in the hands of those who make those decisions, I91裸聊视频檒l leave it up to them to follow the ball and make the right choice.91裸聊视频�

Individuals can also help, he said. 91裸聊视频淚 would also recommend, if those people do have disposable income, that they look at the UN High Commission on Refugees. We are going to have a refugee crisis in Europe, and we need to be part of that here in British Columbia.91裸聊视频�

Skeena MLA Ellis Ross urged the government to accelerate permitting for multiple natural gas export permits, to help displace Russian gas that has become a strategic resource for the regime of President Vladimir Putin.

Long approval times for resource development is a key reason for B.C.91裸聊视频檚 creation of a new lands and water ministry to involve Indigenous land title holders and solve disputes that have held back energy and mining projects.

91裸聊视频淭he global liquefied natural gas industry is already close to producing its limits,91裸聊视频� Ross said. 91裸聊视频淭hey can91裸聊视频檛 produce any more. But here in B.C., we have a huge source of clean, safe, ethical LNG.91裸聊视频�

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