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   The single largest issue that will elect   
   05 May 13 16:29:47   
   
   XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: ConsRcéns@cda.ca   
      
   'NGP' =  Northern Gateway Pipeline  (aka the Enbridge Pipeline)   
   ______________________________________   
      
      
     A BC NDP government will:   
      
        Withdraw from the NGP equivalency agreement on environmental   
   assessment with the federal government within one week of forming   
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
   government. We will exercise BC’s constitutional and legal powers to   
   fully protect BC’s interests.   
      
        Establish a made-in-BC environmental assessment of the Enbridge   
   Northern Gateway Pipeline, the proposed Kinder Morgan expansion, and any   
   other heavy oil pipeline proposal.   
      
        Renew and strengthen the environmental assessment process to ensure   
   BC will have rigorous, science-based environmental standards, real and   
   meaningful consultation with First Nations, and efficient timelines.   
      
        Maintain the moratorium on offshore oil exploration, drilling and   
   tankers on the North Coast.   
   _________________________________________   
      
   NDP   
      
   Key statement: Support sustainable LNG development and export as part of   
   a diversified and prosperous economy. Ensure best practices around LNG   
   and hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” ...   
      
   Withdraw from the NGP equivalency agreement on environmental assessment   
   with the federal government within one week of forming government.   
      
   Maintain the moratorium on offshore oil exploration, drilling and   
   tankers on the North Coast.   
      
   Establish a made-in-BC environmental assessment of the Enbridge Northern   
   Gateway Pipeline, the proposed Kinder Morgan expansion, and any other   
   heavy oil pipeline proposal.   
      
   More: http://www.bcndp.ca/plan/resources or   
   http://www.bcndp.ca/plan/environment   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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