The election of a minority federal government under Justin Trudeau doesnB次元官网网址檛 change B.C.B次元官网网址檚 position on oil and natural gas projects, B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman says.
Commenting Tuesday on the re-election of Prime Minister Justin TrudeauB次元官网网址檚 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.
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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 doesnB次元官网网址檛 expect federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to attempt to stop it in a minority government, and the provinceB次元官网网址檚 CleanBC plan focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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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.
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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 B次元官网网址渉iring workers, procuring goods and services and developing detailed construction work plans.B次元官网网址�
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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