INFOCUS July 2015

Welcome

Working with LNG Canada

EA Certificate issued

Because we care

Meet Brooklyn Neys and Ashley Poole

Upcoming events

INFOCUS LNG Canada’s community newsletter

July 2015

Taking steps forward With federal and provincial approvals of our Environmental Assessment, we’re excited about the possibilities ahead

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Welcome

Local business: getting to know you

Mary-Ellen Proctor

WELCOME Ah, summer. There’s something about the sun’s more frequent appearance that makes it easy to feel upbeat. I also find it helpful when there are so many positive things happening around us in our community. Most exciting for us at LNG Canada, of course, is that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has approved our Environmental Assessment and the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued us an Environmental Assessment Certificate, which signals the achievement of a significant milestone for our project and one that we couldn’t have reached without your input and support (page 4)! In the spring, we sponsored Kitimat Understanding the Environment (KUTE)’s “Household Hazardous Waste Round Up”, helping to keep hazardous substances out of Kitimat’s landfills and environment. And in June, the LNG Canada project team participated in the Kitimat Relay for Life, raising money for cancer research. The team surpassed their goal and raised $4700!

These are just a couple examples of things we’ve been up to… are there other events or initiatives you’d like us to be involved in?

Please do let us know, we’d be happy to hear from you.

LNG Canada and CFSW team members engage with the business community at a local contacting networking session in March 2015

LNG Canada held a number of local contracting events recently to share important information about our contracting and procurement processes, provide an overview of our Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) requirements and encourage local businesses to register their interest in potential upcoming opportunities with the project. Because our main contractor, CFSW LNG Constructors (CFSW), will be responsible for managing the various subcontractors and employees who will be involved in site construction and building the facility, they were front and centre with us at all these events sharing information and getting to know the local business community.

It certainly is a good time to get to know you better. Our most recent events were timely because we are exploring the potential to advance some of the works needed to ensure the site is ready when an FID decision is made – and we need local businesses and workers to help us do that.

We are currently working on understanding schedule and exact scope for these site

preparation activities, obtaining the required approvals and permits, as well as ensuring we have plans in place to manage potential environmental and community impacts associated with this work. No decision has been made to proceed—we just want to make sure we have the suppliers with the right people, with proper training, ready for when we do make a decision to go ahead. That’s why these events and interacting with the local business community is so important!

Our most recent events were held in Kitimat and Terrace in May with great success. In fact from the time we first started offering the events in late 2014, we’ve had lots of interest with approximately 268 individuals representing 187 companies from the business community having attended.

“Feedback we have received indicates that people continue to be appreciative that we have started doing these events early in the game, and are looking forward to learning more details in the future,” notes Joan Goldhawk, Senior Advisor, Local Benefits.

“The main message we want to get across is

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In the spotlight –

“ The main message we want to get across is that businesses should be sure to register their companies now so they can be considered if and when a suitable opportunity arises.”

Joan Goldhawk, Senior Advisor, Local Benefits

that businesses should be sure to register their companies now so they can be considered if and when a suitable opportunity arises.”

Were you unable to make it to the events?

No problem: if you wish to express your interest in working on the LNG Canada project, please contact us via email at info@lngcanada.ca. You will receive a “Request for Information” form for you to complete and return. This questionnaire will help us get to know your business, services and general capability for potential future contracting and procurement opportunities so it is very important that it is returned to us. Based on market conditions and business needs, the pre-qualification process with prospective contractors and suppliers will be initiated. Please note that registration of interest does not guarantee or commit LNG Canada to award work to any contractor or supplier.

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend, and we look forward to holding similar events in the near future, getting to know you better and providing further information on our contracting process.

Working with LNG Canada Silvertip is a promotional advertising company based in Terrace that specializes in promotional products, corporate branding and fine signage. How long has Silvertip been in Terrace? “I’m 30 years into my overnight success story,” laughs owner Gord Shaben. He originally moved to Terrace in 1981 to help build the Methanex facility in Kitimat where the LNG Canada office now happens to stand. Gord started up Silvertip out of a garage in Terrace, and today they have two proper locations. Silvertip has been working with LNG Canada for about two years, providing a wide variety of signage and promotional items.

They created the large board in the LNG Canada Community Information Centre that displays our commitments to the community and have done several other jobs for us.

When asked how he felt about the project, Gord said, “Personally, I’m very happy about it. The possibility of LNG Canada moving forward is uplifting for the community. We have been to every one of your open houses and events that we were able to attend. You give the community access to information about your project, and I think it’s important to take advantage of that. We hope to be a cog in the wheel if this all happens.”

Are you a local business owner? In order to be considered for any contracting and procurement opportunities with LNG Canada, we invite you to register with us by sending us your business details at info@lngcanada.ca

Silvertip owner Gord Shaben and his wife Janice Shaben

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EA Certificate issued

Our Environmental Assessment Certificate has been issued –

Have you heard our good news?

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has approved LNG Canada’s Environmental Assessment and the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued us an Environmental Assessment Certificate for the project. To learn more, visit our website at lngcanada.ca.

natural gas pipeline from northeast B.C. The project selected a power solution that uses renewable energy for a portion of the power needed for its proposed facility, ensuring that its CO2 footprint will be among the lowest of LNG export facilities in the world.

“We have made significant progress to advance our project over the past year,” says Andy Calitz, CEO of LNG Canada. “Receiving our Environmental Assessment Certificate is a critical milestone on our path to making a final investment decision. We could not have achieved this without input from the local community of Kitimat and First Nations, and we appreciate the local knowledge they shared with us.”

The EAO and CEAA have identified conditions that must be met by LNG Canada to manage potential effects associated with the proposed project and meet provincial and federal permit and reporting requirements.

We welcome the opportunity to meet these conditions and demonstrate ongoing social and environmental responsibility and responsiveness. To do so, the project is developing a number of plans that set out how it will manage its activities and potential impacts, as well as enhance the positive effects the project will have.

We made a number of key decisions to minimize the potential environmental effects of the project. The choice of site location allows the project to leverage an existing port, existing roads and railway infrastructure, and provides a shorter distance for a

We are excited about this milestone, but while today’s announcement is an important step forward for LNG Canada, the project must

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and you were an important part of that!

ensure it is economically viable and meets several other significant milestones related to gas supply, engineering and cost estimates, supply of labour, and regulatory approvals before making a final investment decision.

We’ll continue to focus on advancing our project, and as always, we look forward to working with the community and First Nations to develop plans to manage environmental effects and enhance benefits for the community.

“ We could not have achieved this without input from the local community of Kitimat and First Nations, and we appreciate the local knowledge they shared with us.”

Andy Calitz, CEO of LNG Canada.

Community Advisory Group member profile Have a question?

Ask one of the Community Advisory Group Members: Ken Maitland Meet Ken Maitland, one of 13 members in our Community Advisory Group. Ken has lived in Kitimat for over 45 years and is a retired Senior Environmental Technologist who was in the field for over 37 years. He participated in the development of numerous waste reduction, recycling and disposal programs at Rio Tinto Alcan.

Because of his extensive knowledge about the environment, Ken is able to ask the tough questions of the LNG Canada project team.

Ken joined the group because he wanted to ensure Kitimat had the best possible project and that the community was asking the right questions. “The two questions I hear most from the community are, ‘Is the project going ahead?’ and ‘How will the project impact me?’” says Ken. “I tell them the project is still in the engineering phase. You’re not going to build a house until the architect gives you a set of plans and the contractor gives you an estimate as to what it’s going to cost to build it.”

Learn more about our Community Advisory Group at lngcanada.ca

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Because we care

Coastal GasLink delivers While the LNG Canada team is focused on planning the proposed facility, another company is working hard on an important part of the overall LNG project. In 2012, TransCanada PipeLines was selected to construct and operate the Coastal GasLink pipeline that will deliver natural gas from the northeast of B.C. to the LNG Canada facility.

While Coastal GasLink is a TransCanada project, its importance to the LNG Canada project can’t be ignored: simply put, without the pipeline to deliver the natural gas to our facility, there can’t be an LNG Canada project.

Coastal GasLink’s Greg Cano (Director, Project Planning and Execution) tells us more about this important piece of the LNG Canada puzzle: Greg Cano, Director, Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project Planning and Execution, at a recent information session in Northern B.C.

Can you tell us about Coastal GasLink?

The Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project is a proposed 670 km pipeline that will connect natural gas from Dawson Creek to LNG Canada’s proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Kitimat, B.C. In October 2014, the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office granted the Coastal GasLink project an EA Certificate.

We are continuing fieldwork to fulfill the conditions of our Environmental Certificate, as well as working towards receiving the other permits required to operate the pipeline, such as permits from the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission.

How has Coastal GasLink engaged with communities in Northern B.C.?

We’re really proud of our engagement record.

We provide opportunities for communities

“ Without the pipeline to deliver the natural gas to our facility, there can’t be an LNG Canada project.”

and First Nations groups to hear from us and ask questions, we listen to their feedback, and where possible we act on it. Like LNG Canada, Coastal GasLink is committed to ongoing engagement and consultation with the communities and First Nations where we will operate. Our pipeline will pass through 4 regional districts in Northern B.C. and there are 19 First Nations groups along the route.

Since our project began, we’ve had more than 85 meetings with local governments, 44 information sessions and open houses, dozens of local and regional business events, and hundreds of other individual interactions.

And, since the announcement of the project in June, 2012, we have initiated engagement with 31 First Nations, 2 Tribal Councils and 2 Metis organizations. The input we have received through these discussions and meetings has been invaluable, and we have implemented a number of changes to our original route as a result of feedback from community members and First Nations.

Most recently, input from the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs prompted us to explore the potential of altering our route through Wet’suwet’en territory southwest of Houston.

What are the benefits that communities in the North can expect to see from your project?

Coastal GasLink shares the values and commitments of LNG Canada with respect to ensuring that local communities and First Nations benefit from our projects. Since mid2012, we have spent more than $38 million on goods, services and wages in northern B.C. In 2014, we employed over 80 Wet’suwet’en community members to conduct fieldwork for our environmental assessment, and this year so far we have employed a similar number. In fact over one quarter of the hours spent on fieldwork for this project have been conducted

by Aboriginal peoples. If our project proceeds, we anticipate that approximately 2000-2500 jobs will be required to construct our pipeline, and it is our intent that as many of these jobs as possible will go to B.C. residents.

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WANT US TO COME TO YOU? We would be thrilled at any invitation to meet with local groups that would like to learn more about LNG Canada.

Please give us a call as we’d love to come visit you!

Because we care LNG Canada employees in Kitimat, Vancouver and Yokohama come together to support Safety Day

Safety means everything to us at LNG Canada. At the end of each and every day, we want everyone to go home safely. Zero harm to people, zero harm to the environment, zero leaks. “Goal zero”, we call it, and it’s what we strive for every day. In the same way you can’t go the gym once and say, “phew, glad that’s over with, now I’m fit for life,” making safety a priority means you can’t think about it every now and again, it’s something you have to cultivate each day and pay attention to all the time. We look for ways to ensure that safety always stays top of mind, and one way we do this is with our Safety Day. Once a year, LNG Canada celebrates Safety Day, and all our employees and contractors take time to reflect on safety. This year the events were held on May 6 or May 20, everywhere we have employees (including Kitimat,

Vancouver, Calgary, and Yokohama). The theme for Safety Day in 2015 was “Achieving Goal Zero…

Because We Care”. It was a day for engagement, to gather for sharing ideas and good practices, for working in teams on plans to find ways to continuously improve safety performance, and to reflect on our personal and collective commitment to safety. Our hope is that when we focus on stimulating change in our behaviours both at work and at home, we can continue to strengthen our safety culture.

As we live and breathe safety, it is embedded into the design and planning of our facility and will carry into construction and operations with the same level of importance should the project go ahead. “Achieving Goal Zero” wasn’t only our theme for 2015 Safety Day, it is also our theme for every day!

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Meet Brooklyn Neys and Ashley Poole

Meet

Brooklyn Neys Real Estate Site Services Coordinator Born and raised in Terrace, Brook has lived all over B.C. and Alberta and has been working in Kitimat for the past three and a half years. She says of her role as Real Estate Site Services Coordinator, “basically if it has anything to do with a roof and walls I will have my paws on it. The great thing about that is that, being a local myself, I’m in a better position to make sure that local people have a voice when it comes to how we (as a project) will responsibly arrive in the community.”

Brook has a diverse work background, and has earned all of her achievements through field experience and hard work. “As a young woman in construction and oil and gas, I can tell you it has been quite the journey to get to the corporate level,” Brook tells us. “But to start from scratch out of high school and end up working for a global energy leader eight years later is something I’m pretty proud of.”

When asked how she feels about working with LNG Canada, there wasn’t room for misinterpretation: she loves it. “I have worked for other projects and as a local seeing the attention to detail we maintain and strive for is incredible.

The fact that we are actively trying to become part of the community and not just build a facility on some land, makes me feel extremely proud to work on this project.”

Brook’s personal passion is animals; she owns many (“I can’t say no to anything with four legs in need of a home!”) and spends her free time volunteering at various animal welfare groups.

“ I was looking forward to being on th the communities’ hopes for the proje I see so much potential in LNG Canad a project that is truly focused on mak Ashley Poole

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Ashley Poole Administrator Ashley Poole, our Administrator in the Kitimat office, has lived in northern B.C. all her life, and has been living in Terrace since 1999. Terrace and Kitimat suit Ashley to a T for a couple reasons: she loves the small town life, and adores fishing.

“I frequent our local rivers as we have some of the best salmon fishing in the entire world,” tells Ashley. She also enjoys what the outdoors of the north has to offer while swimming, boating and relaxing at her family’s cabin on Lakelse Lake.

Before joining us at LNG Canada, Ashley was an agent for a local insurance company.

“During that time I had the opportunity to meet and work with a lot of local people, which was a great starting point in forming the solid relationships I have,” she says.

he ground and supporting ect from the inside, as it were. da, and I know I’m supporting king a positive impact.”

What drew her to LNG Canada? “The idea of working on a project from its very early stages and being able to watch it grow,” she says.

“I was looking forward to being on the ground and supporting the communities’ hopes for the project from the inside, as it were. I see so much potential in LNG Canada, and I know I’m supporting a project that is truly focused on making a positive impact. The fact that we’re taking our time to make informed decisions and listen to local feedback is extremely important to me because at the end of the day, this is my home.”

Brook (left) and Ashley enjoy one of their favourite pastimes in the Kitimat River INFOCUS 9

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Taking care of business On April 21-23, 2015, LNG Canada sponsored 12 members from our First Nations communities to attend a customized aboriginal leadership program put on by the Banff Centre in Terrace, B.C. The Banff Centre is an international learning association that specializes in the arts, leadership development and Indigenous business. The facilitators, Trent Blind and Brian Calliou, delivered a session on best practices in indigenous business and economic development.

Members from Haisla, Gitga’at, Kitselas and Kitsumkalum First Nations participated in the three day course.

During the course, in-depth discussions took place regarding the unique challenges and opportunities First Nations communities and businesses experience related to economic development. Participants were provided with the knowledge and tools to enhance both the personal and professional skills that will support the building of strong, viable nations and organizations. The workshop focused on best practices in core business fundamentals in the areas of capacity building, negotiation, governance practices, strategic planning, leadership and management.

The participants particularly enjoyed learning about the success other nations and communities have had from working with industry and how they created and capitalized on economic opportunities. “It was an excellent workshop and I would recommend that all current and future Chief and Council members take this course,” said Mary Reece of Gitga’at. Calvin Carlick, the Economic Development Officer for Kitselas First Nation, agreed: “I would highly recommend this particular learning experience to any First Nation group striving to improve their community by first improving themselves as leaders.”

LNG Canada is committed to providing opportunities for First Nation communities, so we were proud to support the Banff Centre Aboriginal Leadership program. “It was inspiring to watch everyone openly interact and share their experiences, struggles and successes,” said Amy Dopson, Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer at LNG Canada, who also attended the program. “The participants really maximized the opportunity to broaden their skills and learn not only from the course, but from one another. The instructors were highly knowledgeable and they related a lot of the material to the north coast region which really made it hit home.”

01: Paul Labine (left), Marine Advisor for LNG Canada, passes LNG Canada’s TERMPOL submission to Bob Gowe, Transport Canada’s Manager Marine Projects in B.C.

All aboard!

If you’ve ever stopped by to chat with us (or read other articles in this newsletter!), you probably know that nothing is more important to us than safety. Marine safety in particular is an area of key importance to LNG Canada. By way of example, in March we handed in our TERMPOL submission (Technical Review Process of Marine Terminal Systems and Transshipment Sites), which is a voluntary technical review of the proposed shipping route that will identify navigational and other recommendations to support a safe shipping environment. TERMPOL focuses on the safe passage of LNG Canada’s LNG carriers to and from the proposed facility using the proposed shipping route. The review includes the entrance of LNG carriers into Canadian waters, the navigation of the proposed shipping route, the approach to berthing at the proposed marine terminal, and the loading of LNG into the carriers.

Another example of our devotion to marine safety is the investment we made towards the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue group’s new training facility. The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue group is an all-volunteer organization that operates over 40 marine rescue stations along the coast and in the B.C. interior.

Their mandate is to provide year-round marine rescue training.

They also work to prevent marine emergencies by providing boating safety information, boat operator certifications, vessel safety checks and lifejacket programs for kids. The group is building a new state of the art training building in Sooke, B.C., which will be the main training location for the Coast Guard, the Auxiliary Coast Guard, and volunteer search and rescue groups. The new facility, which is scheduled to open sometime in 2015, will provide an improved learning environment, and it is anticipated over 1,000 marine search and rescue responders will use it. This group of unpaid professional volunteers plays a vitally important role for our safety.

We’re also proud of this investment because it will help support access to the training facilities in Sooke by First Nations who are not Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue group members but wish to receive training from them in marine search and rescue.

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Images from our past events

Upcoming Events Terrace Riverboat Days July 31-August 9, 2015

Riverboat Days is the largest community festival in northwest British Columbia, highlighting the culture and heritage of the area. LNG Canada is proud to sponsor the event this year.

Our Community Advisory Group studies our site model before their site tour in March 2014

For more information visit, riverboatdays.ca

LNG Canada golf tournament August 7-8, 2015 Hirsch Creek Golf and Winter Club

Golfers of all skill levels can come out and show their stuff and enjoy on-course games and fun for $120 a player. All proceeds go to the Hirsh Creek Golf and Winter Club to help replace the driving range roof that collapsed from the snow storm this past winter. To register or for more information, contact us at info@lngcanada.ca, or swing by our Community Information Centre at 176 Ocelot Road in Kitimat.

Andy Calitz, CEO of LNG Canada, addresses the career questions of a class of grade ten students from Mount Elizabeth Secondary School in April 2015

Andy Chugh proudly displays the strongest bridge in the grade 6 and 7 category of the LNG Canada-sponsored 2015 Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Competition in May 2015

LNG Canada’s Mary-Ellen Proctor, Dana Bellis and Seiichi Tsurumi proudly display the “Top Industrial Booth” award at the Terrace Business Expo in April 2015

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LEARN MORE AND GET INVOLVED LNG Canada is committed to ensuring local communities and First Nations have meaningful opportunities to learn about, and provide input on, the proposed project. We believe that by working together and understanding what is important to you, we can design, build and operate a project that considers community interests, and provides benefits to north coast communities and all British Columbians. A number of ways exist for you to learn more and get involved.

• VISIT: LNG Canada Community Information Centre located at 176 Ocelot Road in Kitimat, open Monday – Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• ATTEND: Open houses or community meetings will be held to share updated project information as project plans progress.

We encourage you to register at info@lngcanada.ca to receive details about when these events will be held.

• CALL or EMAIL: Toll free: 1.855.248.3631 or local 250.639.3229 Email: info@lngcanada.ca • WEBSITE: lngcanada.ca • YOUTUBE: youtube.com/lngcanada