As B.C.’s provincial government prepares to head to court to clarify the province’s jurisdiction over the Trans Mountain pipeline, over 100 people rallied in support of the project in the province’s northeast Saturday.
“Our battle cry now is for LNG and Kinder Morgan,” said Alan Yu, the organizer of the rally in Fort St. John.
Premier John Horgan said his New Democrat government’s reference case will be filed in B.C.’s Court of Appeal by April 30 and it will seek to clarify the province’s rights to protect its coast and economy from an oil products spill.
The proposed $7.4-billion expansion would
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