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Amidst First Nations’ concerns, Coastal GasLink remains positive

Coastal GasLink continues to emphasize the potential benefits of its pipeline project.

The project, currently scheduled for completion in 2022, has been met with fierce resistance across the province.

The Members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, located in the Bulkley Valley, have remained the project’s most vocal critics.

Coastal GasLink states that, as of January, the pipeline is providing jobs to “more than 1,000 men and women,” with the promise that more jobs will be created as the project moves forward.

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Job creation remains important throughout the province in light of the climbing unemployment rate.

“We expect to start assembly and installation starting in the summertime. That will really be peak construction when we expect up to 2500 jobs,” Explained GasLink Spokesperson, Suzanne Wilton.

“This project underwent more than 6 years of rigorous environmental review,” Wilton added.

The $40 billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is the largest single private sector investment in Canadian history.

With files from Justin Madu, MyPrinceGeorgeNow.com

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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