VICTORIA, B.C.: B.C. can’t count on a divided NDP government to rebuild the economy.

In a display of extreme dysfunction, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Kelly Greene publicly opposed the Tilbury LNG expansion on the very day Energy Minister Adrian Dix announced it would move forward. When cabinet ministers are openly contradicting each other, it’s a clear sign the NDP is fractured. Cabinet solidarity has collapsed, and the cracks between competing activist factions inside David Eby’s government are becoming impossible to hide.

“Minister Greene’s fearmongering about LNG is the type of rhetoric that will hold our province back,” said Larry Neufeld, Shadow Minister for Energy. “Greene says that she raised her concerns with the government at every opportunity for months, which begs the question: how much of a delay was caused by her opposition to the project? LNG is completely safe, and if the government has to deal with this every time it considers an energy project, nothing is going to get done.”

“The B.C. government needs to be laser-focused on renewing the economy, not bogged down by internal squabbles between cabinet ministers who have come around on energy infrastructure and those who are still anti-everything activists at heart,” said Gavin Dew, Shadow Minister for Economic Development. “A Conservative government would be completely united behind restoring opportunities for British Columbians, and we would get important projects done at the speed of business, not the speed of politics.”

“It is ridiculous for Kelly Greene to suggest the Tilbury LNG plant wouldn’t have safety plans in place if it wasn’t for her advocacy,” said Linda Hepner, Shadow Minister for Environment and Parks. “B.C. has standards, and safety plans were never in question. This is about the NDP government’s division over economic development. If Kelly Greene is not on board, will she resign from cabinet?”

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