Premier John Horgan and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were in Vancouver Tuesday morning to speak about the up in Kitimat.

B次元官网网址淭odayB次元官网网址檚 announcement represents the single largest private sector investment in the history of Canada,B次元官网网址� Trudeau said.

Trudeau told the audience that the facility would B次元官网网址渙pen up overseas marketsB次元官网网址� for Canada.

He acknowledged that the country couldnB次元官网网址檛 B次元官网网址渂uild energy projects like we could in the old days, when the environment and the economy were seen as opposing forces.B次元官网网址�

Horgan noted the announcement B次元官网网址渟peaks to the power of a joint ventureB次元官网网址� with five companies involved.

The venture by LNG Canada includes Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and KOGAS.

READ MORE:

READ MORE:

Horgan said that there was not yet a timeline or deadline for the project.

LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz said that construction work had already began in Kitimat and authorized to begin on the Coastal Gas Link pipeline.

At its height, Trudeau said, the facilityB次元官网网址檚 construction would create 10,000 jobs.

Canada is offering up $275 million in federal funding, as well as a commitment that B次元官网网址渢rade barriers will not get in the way of this generational project.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淲e expect there to be vigorous debate,B次元官网网址� Horgan says when asked about Weaver. B次元官网网址淭his is about the people of British Columbia.... IB次元官网网址檓 fairly confident that partisan politics will not get in the way of the single largest private sector investment in Canada.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址� Laura Baziuk (@LauraBaziuk)

When asked about specifics on a timeline or deadline, Horgan didnB次元官网网址檛 have much to add. LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz said that preliminary work had already begun in Kitimat and that work on the Coastal Gas Link pipeline had been authorized.

Horgan thanked the past Liberal government for their role in the project.

Former premier Christy Clark took to Facebook to laud the announcement.

Clark thanked her former colleagues Rich Coleman and Ellis Ross, as well as the NDP.

B次元官网网址淲ay back in 2011, we began this work to bring LNG - a brand new industry - to B.C.,B次元官网网址� Clark said.

B次元官网网址淚t was always a matter of B次元官网网址榳henB次元官网网址�, not B次元官网网址榠fB次元官网网址�, and IB次元官网网址檓 happy to see this historic investment is happening. I want to thank all my colleagues, especially Rich Coleman and [Skeena MLA] Ellis Ross for all they did, BCB次元官网网址檚 terrific civil servants who stuck with it and, the NDP government. They could have stood in the way - and they didnB次元官网网址檛. This is an achievement for our whole country - and we did it together. This is the single best day of my professional life.B次元官网网址�

BC Greens Leader Andrew Weaver said he was B次元官网网址渄eeply disappointedB次元官网网址� in the investment decision.

B次元官网网址淥ur caucus has been clear that we do not support the governmentB次元官网网址檚 LNG regime,B次元官网网址� said Weaver.

B次元官网网址淭he government does not have our votes to implement this regime and will have to work with the B.C. Liberal MLAs if they want this project to go forward.B次元官网网址�

More to come.

Like us on and follow us on .