Industry stakeholders are applauding news that the Province of B.C. has issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) certificate for the B.C. portion of the Trans Mountain pipeline project.
“Workers in B.C. will be first-in-line for the thousands of jobs, skills training and apprenticeship opportunities in communities across British Columbia that will flow from this project,” said Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) vice-president Chris Gardner.
A joint statement by Environment Minister Mary Polak and Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman said the EA certificate issued for the project was done so with the “understanding that all inter-provincial pipelines are under federal jurisdiction. We have looked at areas where we can improve the project by adding conditions that will build upon those already established by the federal government.”
The Environmental Assessment Office recommended 37 new conditions be attached to address concerns raised by communities and aboriginal groups during its consultation, the statement reads.
RUSSELL HIXSON – Journal of Commerce – Jan 16, 2017.
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