Eby said the project has ‘no proponent, no route, no money, no First Nations support.’
While the federal and Alberta governments have agreed on conditional approval for a bitumen pipeline to B.C.’s northwest coast, B.C. Premier David Eby said it doesn’t deal with the reasons he opposes the project. “The bottom line for us is that we need to make sure that this project doesn’t become an energy vampire,” Eby said. The proposed pipeline has “no proponent, no route, no money, no First Nations support,” he said. But it will be a distraction that draws limited federal, provincial and Indigenous resources away from more advanced projects such as the second phase of LNG Canada’s facility in Kitimat that will employ people and bring in much needed revenue, Eby said.
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