Question PeriodBC Legislature March 1, 2022:
A follow up question from the Skeena MLA went directly to the stalled nature for most of the proposed LNG developments of the Northwest.
The crux of the question was whether or not this government will actually accelerate the development of LNG projects here in B.C., because Russia's greatest lever is the threat of cutting off energy supplies to Europe, specifically LNG, and Russia isn't going anywhere soon.
The global liquefied natural gas industry is already close to producing its limits. They can't produce any more. But here in B.C., we have a huge source of clean, safe, ethical LNG.
Clean LNG. Even the United States declares that our LNG is clean.
Right now, on the books for the last number of years, five years…. Nisga'a LNG; Woodfibre LNG; Haisla's Cedar LNG; Chevron's KLNG, which was recently bought by Enbridge; Skeena LNG; Totem LNG; Port Edward LNG are all projects waiting for permits.
Seven LNG projects in B.C. that are waiting for permits here in B.C., all at a time when countries are crying out for a secure source of clean and ethical LNG.
My question to the Premier: what is this B.C. government doing to make sure B.C. is part of the solution in terms of energy needs for the world?
Premier Horgan spoke to some general themes on resources in BC, before circling the conversation back toward the focus for the moment on the problem with Vladimir Putin.
One of the first things we did was put in place a framework for the largest private sector investment in Canadian history. I thought that would have been apparent to the member whose constituency is benefiting from that.
There's a range of other initiatives that we're working on with our international partners and the federal government to make sure that Canada and British Columbia have a key role to play in the economic and energy future, not just here in North America, not just in Asia, but indeed in Europe as well.