The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, April 14, edition that the results are in from a Kitimat
plebiscite on Enbridge's proposed Northern
Gateway pipeline, but the jury is still out
on what the community's "no"
vote could mean for the project.
The Globe's Wendy Stueck writes that groups opposed to Gateway
seized on the results as a platform
from which to push for a
provincewide vote. Under B.C. legislation, any British
Columbian can bring a matter
of provincial jurisdiction forward
for a vote, provided they collect
supporting signatures from 10
per cent of registered voters in
every riding in the province.
Enbridge, meanwhile, said the
plebiscite showed it
had "more work to do" to
generate support for its proposal.
In preliminary results released
Saturday, 58.4 per cent of voters
voted "no" and 41.6 per cent voted
"yes," with 3,071 voters taking
part. The District of Kitimat passed a
resolution in 2012 to hold a plebiscite
after the joint review process
was complete. Council is to
discuss the results Monday.
For Enbridge, the result is another
bump on what has been an
extremely rocky road in terms of
building support for its project,
says University of Alberta economist Andrew Leach.
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