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3 facts you need to know
About the next steps for the Pacific NorthWest LNG project
By Bill Bennett
Kootenay-East MLA
1. The corporate ratification process is complete with Pacific NorthWest LNG and their member companies, including a joint venture largely backed by Malaysian state energy-giant Petronas for the creation of a liquefied natural gas plant near Prince Rupert.
2.The government is calling back the legislature on July 13th to ratify the project-development agreement. After that, the next step will be for the Government of Canada to issue an environmental assessment certificate hopefully prior to the next election in October.
3. Once achieved, the project, worth an estimated $36 billion, would get underway in an industry that could create 100,000 jobs. This represents the single largest investment in B.C. history and the NDP opposition should stand up and support it.
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