Latest Snag for Petronas LNG Plan Is a Canadian Political Race
- Project "poorly sited," British Columbia NDP’s Horgan says
- Horgan plans to address issue if he wins May election
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The latest challenge facing a $27 billion liquefied natural gas terminal that Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd. wants to build in western Canada: the race for the office of the premier in British Columbia.
John Horgan, leader of the province’s opposition New Democratic Party thrust the LNG project into the middle of his campaign on Friday, telling reporters it was “poorly sited.” He vowed to “find a better place and a better way” to build the gas export terminal should he become premier.