Mark "Elbows Up" Carney Defends American-owned LNG Terminal

Описание: Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he’s throwing his support behind an American-owned, Korean-built LNG terminal facing multiple lawsuits that would produce 12 million tonnes of fracked methane each year and that does not have consent from multiple First Nations. Ksi Lisims LNG, he declared, is “in the interest of Canada, Indigenous peoples, and building a more sustainable society.”

Barred from Carney’s event by the RCMP were several Indigenous leaders opposed to Ksi Lisims and the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline that would supply the terminal with fracked gas.

Just before Carney left the podium, Dogwood energy campaigner Kai Nagata asked a question about the terminal’s American ownership. “As it stands, Western LNG is the owner of the terminal, and it would be built in Korea with Korean and Chinese steel. So how much taxpayer money are we prepared to invest in a project that is American-owned and foreign-built?”

Carney deflected by talking about the ownership of PRGT (which is also partially owned by Western LNG) and the North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL). The NCTL is a new BC Hydro project that would supply LNG and other private industry with public clean electricity. Carney announced a loan of $140 million for the NCTL today.

These projects are not in the national interest, and there is no one that understands this better than the people who live where these destructive projects will be built. and ultimately, it is up to them to decide what happens in their communities.