— Premier John Horgan has linked the battles over two major pipeline projects through British Columbia, saying once the legal fight is over, court decisions should be respected. Horgan said Wednesday he accepts that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been approved by the courts after the province’s recent defeat at the Supreme Court of Canada. That’s the Trans Mountain pipeline in the south and I acknowledge that and I respect that,” he told a news conference. In the case of Coastal GasLink’s plans for a natural gas pipeline through northern B.C., the premier said he thinks hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en nation will come to the same realization. to an export terminal in Kitimat but the hereditary clan chiefs say it has no authority without their consent.

Source: National Post January 29, 2020 20:50 UTC