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B.C. New Democrats take credit for LNG expansion amid provincial election
The project would double LNG Canada’s capacity to 28 million tonnes a year and bring 4,000 construction jobs, Eby said.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby announced the final investment decision for LNG Canada's Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, which will double capacity to 28 million tonnes a year.
- Eby called a snap election two years early, and the NDP is leveraging this announcement to frame the project as the largest private-sector investment in Canadian history during the campaign.
- Projections show the expansion will create 4,000 construction jobs and generate $28 billion in government revenues for British Columbia public services; Eby called the project a "very big deal."
- At an event organized by LNG Canada, Carney stated, "This is team Canada at work," highlighting collaboration between government, First Nations, and the private sector across northern B.C.
- The Conservatives announced on Monday a pledge to triple provincial LNG production by 2035, though the NDP argues that promise falls below the current development pace amid the election.
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B.C. New Democrats take credit for LNG expansion amid provincial election
British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby says the multibillion-dollar expansion of a liquefied natural gas export terminal off the northern coast will create jobs and change lives as his party takes credit for the project with the provincial election entering its second week.
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