[rad-green] BC NDP has ‘change of heart ’ on LNG

*https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/opinion-bc-ndp-has-change-of-heart-on-lng/
<https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/opinion-bc-ndp-has-change-of-heart-on-lng/>*

*The Nelson Star                    Apr. 7, 2019*

BC NDP has ‘change of heart’ on LNG

Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo stunned by turnaround on issue by B.C. government

MORNING STAR STAFF

For years while they were in opposition, NDP MLAs mocked our former BC
Liberal government mercilessly for our vision on liquefied natural gas
(LNG). While our BC Liberal team saw billions in revenues and thousands of
jobs for British Columbians on the horizon, the NDP laughed us off. John
Horgan himself said in 2015, “I would stop spending all my time talking
about an industry that’s going nowhere.”

Well fast-forward to today, where we see the now-NDP government has
completely reversed course on the issue.

Suddenly, LNG is an industry worth pursuing — so much so, that the NDP
brought forward legislation offering tax benefits to industry that even
exceeded what our former government was offering. It’s quite a change in
tune, considering they accused us of giving away the farm and selling out.

They’ve also changed their minds on the issue of hiring local workers
versus temporary foreign workers.

Despite the fact that years ago, then-Opposition leader Horgan urged, “we
should make sure… that if we invite someone to take that product from the
ground, they hire British Columbians and Canadians to do that” – today
those guarantees are in question now that the NDP is in government.

Finance Minister Carole James recently admitted the number of British
Columbians working on the LNG Canada project could range from just 35 to 55
per cent of the total workforce. Our caucus also obtained a government
briefing note that shows plans have been made to expedite the use of
foreign workers. So clearly, the NDP is abandoning its former position on
the matter.

After much questioning of the NDP’s LNG tax legislation, our caucus
supported it because we continue to believe strongly in the benefits that a
thriving LNG sector will bring to the province. But it’s stunning to see
John Horgan and the NDP’s dramatic about-face on this issue, after the
years of mockery and criticism they levelled at our former government.

As John Horgan and his government flip-flop on this and other issues, it
makes you wonder what else they will conveniently change their minds about
as they learn that being in government is a lot harder than being in
opposition.
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