The B.C. government signed on the dotted line this week and committed to endorsing and supporting Kinder Morgan’s polarizing oil-pipeline proposal from Alberta to the Lower Mainland.
Premier Christy Clark now considers the five conditions she set for approval of oil pipelines have been met. The flurry of approvals late last year from the National Energy Board, the federal government and the Prime Minister’s Office brought Clark to the brink of giving the $5.5-billion project the nod. Now it’s official.
The argument over shipping bitumen to B.C.’s West Coast and beyond could be a big part of the spring election campaign.
B.C. Liberals will be backing the twinning of the current line and the increase in tanker traffic that ensues. The NDP and the Greens are opposed.
Les Leyne – Times Colonist – January 12, 2017.
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