Support for pipelines up amongst British Columbians: poll – BiV

Aug. 6, 2015

This increase may be related to the shift in government’s attention toward LNG

Support for two of Western Canada’s most controversial pipeline projects has risen over the past two and a half years according to a new poll by Insights West. In January of 2013, 61% of respondents said they opposed the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project, which was given federal approval subject to 209 conditions recommended by the National Energy Board last year. The twin pipeline would run from central Alberta to Kitimat, totaling more than 1,100 kilometres. By July of this year, the percentage of respondents who said they oppose the pipeline dropped to 52%.

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