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Port Edward Mayor Dave MacDonald talks LNG development with Premier Christy Clark during a campaign stop in the community earlier this year. The premier mentioned Port Edward in a speech last week.
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land in the last 12 years. Until this year, when they have sold $2 million in land. They will have sold another $2 million in land by the end of the year,” she said. “Port Edward [will have] sold $4 million of land in a community where people haven’t wanted to buy land in over a decade,” she said, noting $7 billion has been spent by LNG development companies already. “If you don’t believe LNG is happening, talk to the people of Port Edward.” The speech came on the same day the Province of B.C. announced it was making $150,000
in infrastructure planning grants available to communities in the Northwest that will be impacted by the development of the LNG industry. The Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development will be finalizing grants to the eligible communities in the coming months. “Communities in the northwest will see an influx of jobs and people - as a result of LNG development. It’s our job to help them manage that growth and assess what their communities need in terms of housing, municipal services like water and sewer and provincial services in health,
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