The latest scare-balloon launched by opponents of LNG in BC: There are going to be hundreds of LNG carriers travelling through BC ocean waters. Capitalizing on concerns about oil tankers, one opposition group sees future LNG carrier traffic along the southern BC coast as potentially numbering “in the realm of 800+ transits a year.” Eight …
The new federal Budget 2025 is being hailed as indicating “a change of tone” on natural-resource issues. All in all, says Heather Exner-Pirot of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, the budget shows signs of a better mix of “carrot and stick” than did the Justin Trudeau government. “The last budget was still in the ‘stick’ era. Finally, …
As energy commentator Geoff Russ notes: “BC is set to become Canada’s top supplier of LNG to Asia and the Pacific, and First Nations are leading that transformation.” And, he wrote in National Post: “Both the Nisga’a and the Haisla First Nations in B.C. are ensuring they will determine their own futures by owning major …
Good to see British Columbia Premier David Eby firmly and frequently supporting liquefied natural gas development in BC these days. Not the easiest political path for him, given that some strong NDP members oppose fossil-fuel development. But a welcome one, as BC, Canada and their economies need all the help LNG exports can provide. As …
Canada cannot afford to miss further opportunities to expand its LNG exports, and must act now to meet growing global demand. That’s from the law firm of Bennett Jones LLP, in a report distributed by Lexology. We offer it here as a guest blog. And it includes a note on Indigenous engagement in energy projects. …
