OTTAWA—Union leaders in British Columbia say they are bewildered and disappointed that federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh dialed back his support for natural gas projects that are expected to create thousands of jobs in the province. Earlier this week, Singh said liquified natural gas (LNG) projects in northern B.C. Read more:ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWOpinion | Thomas Walkom: Jagmeet Singh’s call for fossil fuels ban leapfrogs the Leap Manifesto Singh indicated he supported both projects earlier this year. This is terrible,” Singh said as he presented the NDP’s motion to call for a “climate emergency” in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Oslen, the president of the labourers’ union chapter, said the LNG projects Singh no longer supports will actually help reduce greenhouse gas emissions if China burns less coal because it buys natural gas—a lighter pollutant—from Canada.

Source: thestar May 15, 2019 22:07 UTC