NDP will not stall transmountain

[maryjane48]

https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/202688 ... l-pipeline


hmmm well good news for the oil lovers bad news for me .

[stevemic]

We all need the oil. We ALL use oil.Safer then trucking it I am for it

[Jflem1983]

They need the money

[lesliepaul]

Great news! Will go out and celebrate tomorrow and fill up my vehicle with mid-grade instead of regular. Now that Petronas has backed out of the LNG project lets get somebody else on-board.........quickly!

[KevinJP]

Gee, what happened to the NDP saying we will do what we can to stop the Transmountain pipeline? They even made an agreement with the Green Party to stop the pipeline. Is there trouble in paradise already??

[hobbyguy]

Another NDP promise bites the dust.

[maryjane48]

Another NDP promise bites the dust.

you against transmountain now ? or biased ?

[LordEd]

you against transmountain now ? or biased ?

Pointing out a key NDP promise has been eliminated. It also breaks the ndp/green agreement.

You're ok with broken campaign promises then?

[LordEd]

http://m.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/07/25/a ... _23048020/

In a statement to HuffPost, Weaver said: "I hope the change in language we've seen in the Ministerial mandate letter isn't indicative of a change in the NDP's position on this project." He added that the Greens have always been clear on their position on the Trans Mountain expansion project.
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As the Greens and the NDP were negotiating an agreement that would allow them to defeat the Liberals and give the New Democrats a stable minority government, Weaver made it clear their joint opposition to the pipeline was a key factor to his party backing.

Weaver should have asked for payment in advance.

[Hassel99]

Nothing like stabbing your partner in the back in your first week....

[KevinJP]

Get out the election signs!!

[LordEd]

From the top linked article

Energy law expert James Coleman says because the NDP has been so explicit about wanting to stop the pipeline, it now has to be very careful to avoid appearing as though it's deliberately delaying the project or acting in bad faith.

So they pulled a Trump. Anything they do will be taken in context of their promise to "ban" the pipeline.

[LordEd]

Meeting between Horgan and Weaver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd8hy032uLc

[maryjane48]

lol more bclib desperation showing

[lasnomadas]

Sometimes it helps to read the whole news article rather than just the headline. It's quite obvious there will be roadblocks on the construction of the pipeline, but it will be done in such a way that the government (we) won't end up with a lawsuit on our hands.