B.C. Premier David Eby continues to express skepticism about the need for a new pipeline in his province, suggesting that an energy company would have already signed up for the project if it was economically feasible.
“The reality is that there’s a reason why there’s no proponent,” Eby told CTV’s Power Play in a June 22 interview. “There’s a reason why there’s not a big private company that’s advocating for this. It’s because the economics aren’t there, and so it will require federal subsidy.”
Eby has said in recent weeks that if a new pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s northern coast was viable, there would already be companies interested in building it….