BC's LNG Priorities

On June 8, 2013, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark announced the creation of a new Ministry of Natural Gas Development. Rich Coleman, one of her most experienced Ministers, was named as the first Minister of the new department. The extraordinary step – of creating a new Ministry tasked with delivering on the current preliminary plans for LNG Facilities in British Columbia - is just the latest and perhaps the most concrete example of the Government's consistent commitment to promoting natural gas development in British Columbia, and to LNG in particular.

Since Premier Clark first took office, the Government has first re-formulated its energy policy through the publication of the Natural Gas Strategy in February 2012, accompanied by a specific LNG Strategy. That LNG Strategy was updated in February 2013, and coincided with a Throne Speech that gave pride of place to a vision of the future of LNG in British Columbia generally. The Throne Speech specifically