But that all changed as the B.C. government began proposing major tax incentives to entice a wayward LNG industry.

On March 25 those proposals were
transmitted into new legislation that bundles tax exemptions and cheap
electricity rates into an incentive package worth an estimated $5.35
billion to LNG Canada, a consortium of some of the most profitable
multinationals in the world.

This seemingly innocuous sounding new
“fiscal framework” is being sold to British Columbians as a way to
protect the province’s air, land and water all while creating 10,000
jobs and $40 billion in investment.