Missed LNG opportunity shows how difficult foreign investment is to get

Petronas' insistence that cancelling its LNG project was because of market factors was simply diplomatic talk.

An artist rendering of the cancelled liquefied natural gas development in northwestern B.C. developed by Pacific North West LNG. Sen. Richard Neufeld writes that the cancellation was due to political factors. Image courtesy of Pacific North West LNG

Opinion

BY SENATOR RICHARD NEUFELD

August 21, 2017

For years, I’ve favoured making British Columbia a global leader in the production and exportation of liquefied natural gas. I still believe that Canadian LNG—the cleanest of all fossil fuels— can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in other jurisdictions, namely in Asian countries ...

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