B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver stepped up his symbolic protest against the NDP government香蕉视频直播檚 tax breaks for natural gas exports, walking out of the legislature with his fellow MLAs to let the opposition win a vote.
香蕉视频直播淭his is the B.C. NDP and B.C. Liberals香蕉视频直播� legislation,香蕉视频直播� Weaver wrote on Twitter after the three Green MLAs intentionally skipped the vote Tuesday evening. 香蕉视频直播淭hey now walk hand in hand in giving handouts to a fossil fuel project that will be Canada香蕉视频直播檚 largest source of emissions.香蕉视频直播�
My caucus colleagues and I have abstained from voting on the LNG amendment brought forward by the BC Liberals. We will play no part in debating, passing or defeating an amendment on a piece of legislation we fundamentally oppose.
香蕉视频直播� Andrew Weaver (@AJWVictoriaBC)
The vote on an amendment was a tie, 41 to 41, after Weaver and the Greens left the chamber. B.C. Liberal MLA Joan Isaacs, the assistant deputy speaker who was presiding over debate, cast the deciding vote with the opposition. The result was to force the NDP government to keep a provision to make its project agreement with LNG Canada public.
While the outcome doesn香蕉视频直播檛 change the province香蕉视频直播檚 deal to support LNG Canada香蕉视频直播檚 $40 billion investment in a pipeline and gas export facilities at Kitimat, it demonstrates the tension in the minority government as the B.C. Greens continue to keep the NDP in power.
READ MORE:
READ MORE:
B.C. Liberal MLA Ellis Ross, a former Haisla Nation chief and long-time backer of LNG projects for the Kitimat area, was scornful of the Green protest.
香蕉视频直播淢an this is shameful,香蕉视频直播� Ross tweeted after the vote. 香蕉视频直播淭he Green Party left the house so they wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 have to vote against the NDP on accountability. Then they come back in after the vote is over to vote no on LNG.香蕉视频直播�
That was an embarrassing day for the BCGREENS. They DID NOT abstain. They ran out of the house so they wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 have to vote on BCNDP accountability
香蕉视频直播� Ellis Ross (@ellisbross)
The votes came after a long debate on the LNG tax breaks, which repeal the Christy Clark government香蕉视频直播檚 LNG income tax, extend the commercial rate for electricity to LNG Canada, and defer provincial sales tax payment until the project begins shipping liquefied gas to Asia.
B.C. Liberal MLA Mike de Jong spent much of the day Tuesday pressing Finance Minister Carole James on making the project agreement public, and on the lack of a formal agreement on how many temporary foreign workers would be used in construction.
LNG Canada is a consortium of Shell, Korea Gas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi of Japan and Petronas, a Malaysian-based energy giant.
tfletcher@blackpress.ca
Like us on and follow us on .
