According to Premier David Eby, British Columbians should thank Donald Trump’s billionaire friends for building an LNG terminal in Korea, parking it on our coast and flipping our gas to brokers in Singapore.
“Those investors, regardless of their political affiliation, could invest anywhere,” Eby insisted this week. Lucky for us, they’ve decided to build a pipeline in B.C. But where will the profits go?
Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman is partial to shooting pheasants on his 2,500-acre English country estate, where he’s filling a private lake with tanker trucks of water (while locals are banned from using garden hoses because of drought).
His fellow Ksi Lisims investor Leon Black has even more expensive hobbies: buying yachts, collecting art and paying child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein at least $170 million over the years.
“They could bring their money to other places,” Eby said. “They’ve decided to bring it here to British Columbia, to create jobs and opportunity for the Nisga’a people, for British Columbians and for Canadians.”
At least 150 jobs, the province claims. Perhaps as many as 250, once the Ksi Lisims terminal is up and running. But before Wall Street makes a final investment decision, taxpayers are going to have to sweeten the pot.
Eby flew off to Ottawa after approving the terminal, cap in hand. The BC NDP spent its way into a record deficit, and now can’t even pay government salaries. So Eby is asking Prime Minister Mark Carney for more of that federal “fast track” money, to satisfy this project’s American owners.
Tomorrow, people across the country are marching at “Draw the Line” rallies aimed at warning the Carney government not to go further down this path. Find your local event here.
