There was no chance the Liberals would vote agains the NDP bill given their own longtime support of LNG development.
VICTORIA — As the house resumed sitting Monday, Finance Minister Carole James introduced the enabling legislation for the deal that finally landed the $40 billion LNG Canada project for B.C.
By the end of last year, the New Democrats had already guaranteed that the project would be eligible for B.C. Hydro’s low-end industrial electricity rate. On first reading of a government bill, the usual practice is for the house to allow it to go forward without objection, ensuring it can be debated in principle and examined in detail before being passed into law.
He is especially vehement against the NDP claim that this project can be easily reconciled with targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions: “They want to have their cake and eat it, too.” For example, B.C. Liberal Mike de Jong questioned whether the New Democrats had done enough to ensure the project would use B.C. natural gas as opposed to possibly cheaper product from Alberta or Saskatchewan.
When the bill reaches committee stage — clause by clause debate — the Liberals may also move some amendments to tweak the legislation.
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