The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Liberal leader Christy
Clark has taken every opportunity
during the current provincial election campaign to tout the promise of liquefied
natural gas. The Globe's Justine Hunter writes that Ms. Clark is stumping along heralding an
industry she insists will deliver a bonanza
of revenues that will pay off the
provincial debt, create a dividend
fund for the north and
more.
The promise to create a debt-free
British Columbia on the
back of this lucrative new
resource is so central to her
election campaign, the slogan is
featured on the side of her campaign
bus.
Energy Minister Rich Coleman
says he now sees 10 potential
LNG export terminals dotting
the coast, with four new applications
in Prince Rupert, plus
the six earlier proposals for the
Kitimat area.
B.C. already
produces LNG.
FortisBC has been freezing and
squeezing natural gas for the
domestic market since 1971 at a
plant in Delta, on the Fraser
River. Its second plant, on Vancouver
Island, went into production
late in 2011.
The new $200-million Mt.
Hayes plant, south of Nanaimo,
is small scale compared with the
proponents which want to build
for export markets in Asia.
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