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Across the province, voters are focused on topics like healthcare, affordability, housing and transit. That’s largely true in the toss-up riding of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky — yet environment and climate change are still top of mind for riding residents who will be affected by Woodfibre LNG, an export facility under construction in Squamish that is majority-owned by an Indonesian billionaire.
“Access to nature, in particular hiking and skiing, is such a draw for people in places like Squamish and Whistler,” B.C. biodiversity reporter Ainslie Cruickshank told me. “Some residents are worried that Woodfibre LNG could hinder the ecological restoration of the Squamish estuary, which was degraded by decades of industry — not to mention concerns that the project will contribute to climate change.”
Here, the BC Greens candidate, the only local candidate calling for the project to be cancelled, came within a hair’s breadth of winning the seat in 2020 — and is now in a neck-and-neck race with the BC Conservatives.
No matter the outcome, we’ll be here to hold the new government accountable for its climate and nature promises — well past the election.
Read Ainslie’s on-the-ground look into a key swing riding and check out our detailed reporting on the election over here.
Take care and go vote,
Karan Saxena
Audience engagement editor
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