The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, May 17, edition that the NDP failed to win the election in British Columbia this week. The Globe's Mark Hume writes the NDP would have blocked oil pipelines in B.C. But opponents of two proposed pipelines, one that would cross central B.C. to Kitimat (Enbridge) and another that would expand an existing route to Vancouver (Kinder Morgan), say a Liberal win does not mean the projects are any more likely to proceed. Coastal First Nations is a coalition of bands fighting to stop Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway project. Coastal spokesman Art Sterritt says: "I'm assuming that Enbridge is going to feel a certain amount of confidence from what happened in the election. I think they'd be sadly mistaken to do that. ... As far as we're concerned, it's still dead." Enbridge spokesman Ivan Giesbrecht believes the Liberal win very much means his company's proposal remains alive. Mr. Giesbrecht says, "I think British Columbians have spoken quite clearly that economic development and economic prosperity is a priority, but not at the expense of the environment. ... You know, that has been our message all along as well."