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  1. 4 hrs ago

    BC Hydro Illegally Dissuaded Worker Seeking Injury Pay Billionaires Don't Control Us Judge sides with WCB's handling A good precedent, says former WCB appeals official

    Managers discouraged an employee from filing a workers' comp claim, court affirms. … Article written by Andrew MacLeod. The Supreme Court of British Columbia has upheld Workers' Compensation Board decisions that found BC Hydro illegally discouraged a worker from claiming compensation for a workplace injury. The case dates back to November 2020 when an unnamed worker "raised concerns about a fellow employee" and engaged BC Hydro's respectful-workplace process. Three months later she went off work for medical reasons that are described in the court record as a "mental disorder" but are otherwise unspecified. In a March 2021 ruling, Justice Jennifer Whately said that "BC Hydro management met with the worker, and advised that she would receive disability benefits and that further, she was not required to file a claim with the [Workers' Compensation] Board." The disability benefits would have come from a private insurer, rather than WCB, a Crown corporation that operates as WorkSafeBC and provides compensation when workers lose time at work due to workplace injuries. Employers are required to report any injury that results in an employee losing time at work. They can be fined $6,557 for a first offence if they don't report injuries, though offences have rarely been investigated or punished. BC Hydro told the court that its staff had been "under the mistaken impression that it needed to investigate the claim before reporting the worker's claim to the Board" and that they did not seek to dissuade the worker from filing a claim. The publicly owned Crown corporation, which provides electricity to more than 1.9 million customers in B.C., has about 8,100 employees. The worker gave the court evidence that BC Hydro management advised her "that it was preferable for her to stay on disability benefits rather than reporting the claim to the Board, because an investigation would be upsetting and unpleasant for her." Get The Tyee's free daily newsletter in your inbox. Journalism for readers, not profits. BC Hydro later advised the worker she could file a claim with WCB herself, which she eventually did. The court ruling says that happened in August 2021, but WCB's records show the file was in fact opened in August 2023, making it more than two and a half years after the worker went off work. A spokesperson for WCB attributes the discrepancy in dates to a typo in the court ruling. After receiving the claim, WCB completed an inspection report and made an order against BC Hydro finding "the employers [sic] management at this workplace have openly impeded a worker from reporting their injury to the Board." Doing so contravened Section 73 of the Workers Compensation Act, WCB said, as quoted in Whately's decision: "An employer or supervisor must not by agreement, threat, promise, inducement, persuasion or any other means seek to discourage, impede or dissuade a worker of the employer, or a dependant of the worker, from reporting to the Board an injury, whether or not the injury occurred or is compensable under the compensation provisions." BC Hydro challenged WCB's finding by arguing that Section 73 of the act didn't capture "mental disorder" at the time of the events and that BC Hydro "did not have the required intent to discourage the worker from filing the claim," and "notwithstanding its initial misunderstanding of the appropriate procedure at the time, BC Hydro stated that it did not in fact discourage the worker from filing the claim." WCB made its original decision against BC Hydro on June 11, 2024. A month later, in a second decision, its chief review officer declined to reconsider the finding. Whately found that WCB's decisions were reasonable. "I agree with the Board that a finding of intent to dissuade does not require a finding of mal-intent, or bad faith intent," she said. "Whether BC Hydro's management was mistaken in understanding the process, or trying to protect the worker from upset or an unpleasant investigation, Decision 1 clea...

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  2. 4 hrs ago

    Carney Under the Sway of the Broligarchs The Build Canada vision Build Canada's far-reaching wish list

    Build Canada's advocates are wealthy, aggressively pro-tech and piling up wins in Ottawa. First in a series. … Article written by Christopher Holcroft. A little-known advocacy organization founded by some of the richest people in the country has big ambitions to radically change Canada. As I will detail here in the first of three parts running this week, Build Canada has found a strong ally for its policy agenda in Prime Minister Mark Carney. But that is not all, as further articles will describe. The group is also connected to the push to privatize a publicly owned and created technology considered crucial to Canada's future digital prosperity and sovereignty. And while it may seem the stuff of science fiction satire, they claim their own member of Parliament — a digital robot literally constructed to serve their aims. Earlier this month, as critics panned the federal government's new artificial intelligence strategy for failing to clearly address the known individual and societal harms, negative environmental impacts, intellectual property risks and threat to critical thinking capacity, one group took a more positive view. Build Canada declared that the strategy "gets a lot of things right, and this government deserves credit for that." Build Canada was created in early 2025 by what one analyst characterized as "wealthy tech bros" with a policy agenda deemed "indistinguishable from Silicon Valley clichés." The group says it is non-partisan. To date, the organization has produced 59 "memos" detailing Build Canada's positions and recommendations for government on a wide range of issues, albeit with frequent subject matter overlap between them. Of those 59 memos, just five are written by women. The forming of Build Canada coincided with the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation and tariff threats. Many of Build Canada's key early supporters bristled at this country's response to those threats. Shopify co-founder Tobi Lütke, for example, announced he was "disappointed" in the then-Justin-Trudeau-led Liberal government's decision to levy retaliatory tariffs and that Canada should instead be "helping America win." Shane Parrish, an investor and self-help author, argued that "fighting fire with fire isn't the answer" and a better course for the country would include "slashing corporate taxes," "embracing AI for education" and "making more babies," not "pointing elbows." Parrish has been publicly linked to Build Canada and, in addition to his comments on Canada's response to Trump's threats, was on record, in December 2024, saying, "I want DOGE to exist in Canada." DOGE was Elon Musk's U.S. government budget-cutting advisory body that went on to be ruled unconstitutional for its methods and scope, including the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Parrish also hosts his own podcast. With two weeks remaining in last year's federal election, journalist Rachel Gilmore reported on social media that Parrish had interviewed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and announced that Liberal Leader Mark Carney had also accepted an invitation to appear. Days later, Parrish posted on the X platform that Carney had backed out of the interview. That was not the end of it, however. Since winning the election and forming government, the Carney Liberals have increasingly aligned their messaging, rhetoric and policy vision with those of Build Canada. An organization spokesperson even acknowledged that "the Prime Minister's Office has reached out to Build Canada on occasion to ask about our memos." The Carney Liberals' approach to AI, including its rapid incorporation into government, is just one of nearly 20 government policy decisions that can be traced back to Build Canada's policy memos, including: slashing public spending, eliminating tens of thousands of public sector workers, embedding corporate leaders into the civil service, breaking democratic norms to support the development of major projects, and ...

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  3. 4 hrs ago

    A Vancouver Company's Role in the Race to Mine the Seabed US moves to mine the international seabed Negative reception of the US executive order Potential legal ramifications for Canada The Canadian government's position

    The US has set out to allow companies to bypass UN protections against risks in international waters. A Canadian deep-sea mining company may become the first to commercially mine the international seabed under a controversial U.S. executive order that bypasses United Nations regulations. A recent legal analysis suggests that this could place Canada in violation of international law. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, recently announced that an application made by Vancouver-based The Metals Company (via their U.S. subsidiary, TMC USA) is fully compliant with NOAA regulations. The next steps include publication of a draft environmental impact statement for public comment, which TMC expects will lead to a permit to mine the seabed by the first quarter of 2027. As demand for critical minerals grows, governments worldwide are increasingly looking past their borders and coastlines towards the deep sea for mineral resources. Of particular interest are the billions of tonnes of polymetallic nodules rich in cobalt, nickel and rare earth elements that lie unattached on the sea floor, four to six kilometres below the water surface. Modern engineering techniques are making polymetallic nodule mining more economically viable for mining companies. However, a complicating factor is that most polymetallic nodules lie in international waters, outside any single country's territory. Around 90 per cent of UN member states have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, which asserts that the deep sea is the "common heritage of mankind" and its resources are "vested in mankind as a whole." The United States never ratified the treaty. In April 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to fast-track mining permits for seabed minerals in areas beyond U.S. national jurisdiction. Put simply, the U.S. wants to start issuing permits to mine areas of the seabed that are not owned by the U.S. or any other country, outside of the UN's International Seabed Authority regulations. The same month, TMC USA applied for a first commercial recovery permit to mine approximately 25,000 square kilometres of seabed in the Pacific Ocean. This application was later amended to 65,000 square kilometres, an area more than twice the size of Vancouver Island. In response to Trump's executive order, International Seabed Authority Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho asserted that "no state has the right to unilaterally exploit the mineral resources of the [deep sea] outside the legal framework established by UNCLOS." UN member states have been working towards a regulatory framework for commercial mining of deep-sea minerals since 2014, under the guidance of the International Seabed Authority. However, as of June 2026, the regulations remain unfinished. Representatives from the U.S. argue that their country neither signed nor ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and therefore has no obligation to adhere to the International Seabed Authority permitting process, stating "the United States is not bound by the Convention rules dealing with seabed mining through the International Seabed Authority." They instead cite the U.S. Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, a little-used legislative pathway through which some exploration permits were handed out in the early 1980s but that has since lain dormant. Whether or not the U.S. actions are legal remains to be seen. However, this issue raises a second question. Will Canada, a state party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, face any legal ramifications if the American subsidiary of a Canadian company begins mining international waters under U.S. permits? This question is the focus of recent legal analyses of UNCLOS articles 137 to 139 from independent lawyers and a recent report by Greenpeace. For UNCLOS member states, their obligations under the treaty are very clear: these states are not allowed to mine independently, and t...

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  4. 4 hrs ago

    Port Moody Is Again Split Between Pro- and Anti-Growth Politics Development and dissatisfaction Experience or new ideas? The path to election

    When it comes to adding towers and density, the city is still divided. … Article written by Mason Mattu. After years of heated debate over the pace of real estate development in Port Moody, the upcoming civic election is once again focused on whether the Metro Vancouver suburb is growing too fast. Haven Lurbiecki, an incumbent Port Moody councillor, was the first to throw her hat in the ring in the city's upcoming mayoral election. For the first time in the city's history, Lurbiecki will run under the banner of a political party, Port Moody Voice. The party was founded by concerned residents who believe there is a lack of accountability and transparency coming from city hall. Lurbiecki is challenging incumbent Mayor Meghan Lahti. Lahti ran in an extremely heated 2022 municipal election. Her then-opponent, former councillor Steve Milani, raised concerns during his campaign about new developments, while Lahti was in favour of growth. Port Moody's previous mayor, Rob Vagramov, focused on slowing the city's growth and at one point blocked plans to discuss towers at Moody Centre during his term in office. But Vagramov's term ended in controversy after he was accused of sexual assault while in office. The charge was stayed after the mayor completed an "alternative measures program," but Vagramov did not run for re-election. The rivalry between Lurbiecki and Lahti has been years in the making. In 2024, Lurbiecki accused Lahti of starting a physical altercation with her at a reception — a version of events Lahti emphatically denied. Real estate development will remain a key ballot issue in the upcoming municipal election. The Tyee spoke with both Lurbiecki and Lahti, the first two declared candidates in the mayoral race. As The Tyee was reporting this story, a third mayoral candidate also declared his candidacy. Paul Lambert, a previous federal Conservative candidate for Port Moody-Coquitlam, says he offers a middle ground when it comes to the pace of development. He says he's also concerned about population growth and doesn't support "doubling our population." "I support a more balanced approach to housing that meets the needs of community with larger units and townhouses for families," he says on his website. He has also promised to not take donations from developers. Recently, Port Moody's council approved the largest towers in the city's history. The towers, which will be built next to the Moody Centre SkyTrain station, will stand 39 storeys high and have a combined 865 units. Only 44 of those homes will be rented at below-market rates. According to a survey commissioned to gather the opinions of residents on the development of Moody Centre, 57 per cent of respondents disagreed with the vision. "During the last election, there were clear promises about 'moderate growth.' What people are seeing now doesn't match those promises," Nishka Valdez, one of the founding members of Port Moody Voice, told The Tyee. "Approving a plan for 14 towers, some up to 40 storeys, in Moody Centre without real public input is not moderate growth, and it's not good governance. That's the disconnect people are reacting to." During her last term on council, Lurbiecki was the only councillor who voted against the city's official community plan. The plan is a document that outlines long-term visions for the city by 2050. It envisions expanded growth near SkyTrain stations and encouraging high-density apartment towers. Lurbiecki cited concerns about a lack of public consultation and unreasonable development as reasons for not supporting the plan. She told The Tyee that she is against the construction of the towers at Moody Centre because of the potential loss of the future tax revenue that could be generated by those previously industrial lands. Lurbiecki would prefer these areas to be redeveloped into job spaces. "People are not against growth, but they want to see moderate growth and not a focus on tall condo towers and small condos," she told The Tyee....

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  5. 1d ago

    A New Employer Comes to a BC Logging Town A New Employer Comes to a BC Logging Town 'What are you going to do for work when the mills are all done?'

    Before opening a factory in Port Alberni, startup IGV Housing retrained two dozen workers for jobs in manufacturing. Today TodayThe Tyee 6 6 6 Comments / 6 New A New Employer Comes to a BC Logging Town A New Employer Comes to a BC Logging Town News Before opening a factory in Port Alberni, startup IGV Housing retrained two dozen workers for jobs in manufacturing. News Read more: News Labour + Industry 68 SHARES News Labour + Industry Isaac Phan Nay 23 Jun 2026 Isaac Phan Nay is The Tyee's labour and work life reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. Our journalism is supported by readers like you. Click here to support The Tyee. URL copied to clipboard! SHARE: Comments / New Before opening a factory in Port Alberni, startup IGV Housing retrained two dozen workers for jobs in manufacturing. … Article written by Isaac Phan Nay. Leaving a career in sawmills wasn't easy for Tim George. Nor was it his choice. Having grown up in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, George said his options were to work either in forestry or at the local seafood processing plant. He started at the local Errington sawmill when he was about 22 years old, and would spend the next two decades working at various mills in the area. But in 2019, the Errington sawmill went bankrupt and laid off 50 workers. After a career in Port Alberni's defining industry, George found himself out of a job. For years, George jumped around, he said. He tried his hand at a local recycling company. He found sporadic work at a sawmill near Whisky Creek, which he said was about a 45-minute drive from his home when there isn't tourist traffic. But last year, he saw a job posting for IGV Housing. The Port Alberni-based housing construction startup partnered with a local college to retrain more than two dozen displaced workers for manufacturing jobs. "I was living paycheque to paycheque, worried that I might not be working next month," George said. "Having some financial relief, with a regular Monday-to-Friday job that doesn't look like it's going away any time soon, has been really important to me." The steady work close to home meant George could help his wife support their four kids. He's one of two dozen displaced workers to be retrained for work in manufacturing, and one of the 12 hired by IGV Housing so far. For Port Alberni, the retraining program has made a meaningful difference. But Arnold Bercov, a former worker at the Harmac pulp mill north of Crofton and former president of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, said that while the startup is great news for about two dozen workers, it doesn't make up for the thousands of forestry job losses across B.C. "Losing your job is heartbreaking," he said. "So these guys getting a job is a great thing, but with the amount of timber we have and the opportunities we have, there's so much more opportunity to move this industry forward and employ people." George is one of the thousands of B.C. workers affected as mills shutter across the province and forestry companies take their business to the United States. Canadian employment data shows the province has lost more than 10,000 jobs in forestry since 2001. That's not counting the supporting service, hospitality and other jobs lost in towns affected by the industry's decline. Port Alberni has been hit especially hard. The city, located at the head of the Alberni Inlet about 62 kilometres west of Nanaimo, has a long history as the forestry hub for Vancouver Island. Each sawmill closure there was uniquely painful. More than 100 Port Alberni workers were laid off when Western Forest Products closed its local sawmill in 2022. Another approximately 75 people were laid off when the Coulson sawmill curtailed operations in 2024. For George, the closures were devastating. He knows people who took minimum wage jobs to put food on the table or started flying out of town to work on oil rigs. "I was worried," he said. "There's not a lot of jobs in Port...

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  6. 1d ago

    Replacing Massey Tunnel: Why BC's New Approach Makes Sense Beyond 'one and done' A natural fit with 'Buy Canadian'

    Contracting locally keeps millions of public dollars in the province instead of enriching one foreign giant. … Article written by Bryan Railton. The provincial government's revised procurement approach to building the George Massey Tunnel replacement project will create benefits for local workers, local companies and local communities. As British Columbia and Canada face significant economic headwinds because of ongoing difficulties in our trading relationship with the United States, it only makes sense to ensure Canadian companies have the best possible opportunity to participate in and profit from large infrastructure projects. Generally, on large infrastructure projects like the Massey Tunnel replacement, all of the work is included in one single bid. The sheer scope of the project means only massive, multinational corporations are able to fulfil all project requirements, leaving smaller local companies to fight over the scraps of work that are left over for subcontractors. When international companies like Acciona (built Site C, based in Spain) and Ghella (building the Broadway subway, based in Italy) win these all-in-one bids, they swallow up a massive amount of the economic benefit derived from the public investment, and they take those profits offshore. Essentially, the benefits of the taxpayer money spent on the project are "one and done." In other words, taxpayer money is put forth for the infrastructure, we get the infrastructure, and the money disappears. That equation seems fine at first glance, but it can be much, much better. With this new procurement approach, the provincial government is looking to extract maximum value from the taxpayer money committed to the Massey Tunnel replacement. By engaging local contractors to deliver smaller bundles of work through the procurement process, they're in effect giving the large taxpayer investment multiple lives. No more "one and done." That money will go to local companies that have permanent offices, with permanent workforces here in B.C. That money will go to more local workers who will spend it at local businesses, creating an economic ripple effect. And the profit for the general contractors? It stays right here in Canada. The Canadian companies that benefit will reinvest that money to build their companies, support their workforces and put themselves in a position to be able to deliver more critical infrastructure in the future. This move from the provincial government is consistent with the strategy laid out by Prime Minister Mark Carney late last year. The federal government's Buy Canadian Policy is designed to super-boost the Canadian economy by ensuring government procurement focuses on made-in-Canada products. According to the prime minister, this will strengthen domestic supply chains, support local jobs and keep public investment circulating in our economy. The federal policy makes a lot of sense. And with this new procurement approach, it's clear that the provincial government agrees. The early work to deliver a replacement for the Massey Tunnel is underway. Project design, technical studies and construction have been taking place since the fall of 2024. With this new approach, we expect not only the delivery of a world-class piece of infrastructure but also significant economic benefits that resonate across Metro Vancouver, B.C. and Canada.

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  7. 1d ago

    The Long Quest to Merge Victoria and Saanich Hits a Roadblock Not without more info, says minister Years of inquiry

    A citizens' assembly fuelled hopes voters would decide the issue in October. Not so fast, says the province. … Article written by Andrew MacLeod. Advocates for amalgamating Victoria and Saanich say the provincial government's refusal to order a binding referendum on the question this fall is a betrayal. "We feel it's an about-face, and a sneaky one," said Trevor Barry, the chair and president of the group Amalgamation Yes. "We want a binding referendum," Barry said. "The next time there is a question on the ballot, it should be the binding question. It should be the last time we have this question, and whichever way it goes, it goes." Members of a citizens' assembly collectively devoted over 2,500 hours to poring over the question of merging the two municipalities, their efforts supported by $750,000 in public funds. They recommended letting voters decide once and for all. This week, the matter is on the agendas for both District of Saanich and City of Victoria meetings. Both councils are considering putting a simple question on the ballot during local elections in October: "Do you support Saanich and Victoria becoming one municipality?" Saanich's committee of the whole was to discuss the matter when it met Monday evening, and Victoria's will meet Thursday. Victoria, which includes the downtown core, has a population of about 94,000. Another 126,000 people live in Saanich, which is largely suburban. They are two of the 13 municipalities in the Capital Regional District, which has a total population of over 400,000. But making the amalgamation question binding requires approval from B.C. Housing and Municipal Affairs Minister Christine Boyle, and in a letter dated April 20 to Saanich Mayor Dean Murdock and Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto, the minister said she was not prepared to provide that approval without more information being available to voters. The letter became public just last week when Saanich released its agenda package. It is also included in materials released ahead of Victoria's meeting. "Before I would be in a position to consider ordering a future binding vote, additional work would be required to support informed decision-making and meet provincial obligations," Boyle wrote. "This would include more detailed analysis of financial implications, transition considerations, and service impacts." She said the city councils are free to ask a non-binding question, that doing so doesn't require her permission and that she understands from an early April meeting with them that's what they plan to do. Boyle also cautioned that any non-binding question should clearly reflect that it is a measure of public interest in pursuing amalgamation and not a decision on amalgamation itself. "The proposed question... may not clearly signal to the electorate that additional work and information on costs and governance will be required in order for the Minister to order a vote," she said. The matter had been awaiting a reply from Boyle since last October, when Alto and Murdock wrote to her saying their councils wished to ask a binding question during the October 2026 local elections and seeking information on how to proceed. "We respectfully request, in as timely a manner as possible, confirmation of what, if anything, the Ministry needs to enable the municipalities to proceed with organizing a binding referendum." "Victoria Council made the commitment to respect the outcome of the Citizens' Assembly, and to place a question on the 2026 ballot with whatever recommendation was made by the assembly," Victoria Mayor Alto said in an email. "The parameters set out for proceeding were set at the outset, and Council considers them met," she said. "That's why we are proceeding with a ballot question. It's up to the province to determine if further work is needed, and to undertake that work if they require it." The province was a partner in establishing the citizens' assembly along with Victoria and Saanich, she added. The final decision on a...

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  8. 1d ago

    Kitimat LNG Plant Asks for Massive Flaring Permit Increase

    Racked by technical problems, LNG Canada has applied to be allowed to flare far more gas into Kitimat's airshed. … Article written by Zoë Yunker. LNG Canada is asking for permission to continuously flare vastly more natural gas than its current permit allows, The Tyee has learned. The country's first major LNG operation wants B.C.'s energy regulator to increase its flaring limit tenfold for the next three years. Having consistently breached its permitted flaring limits since it began production last fall, the company is seeking approval to continuously flare twice as much gas than its average output of routine flaring between September 2025 and March 2026. The requested limit would not include the much larger volumes of "non-routine" flaring that have dwarfed the facility's continuous flaring levels since production began in Kitimat last fall. There is no regulatory limit for this category of flaring. LNG Canada has not released public documents on its forthcoming request for a more permissive routine flaring permit, but the company's deputy chief operating officer, Teresa Waddington, disclosed the plans during a March Kitimat council meeting and at a recent presentation to Kitimat residents. If approved, the new limit would allow the company to continually flare up to 300 tonnes of gas per day, an increase from its current limit of 28 tonnes per day. The company said the new, more permissive flaring limit would help accommodate operational problems that have led to higher-than-anticipated flaring volumes. The problems have included a malfunctioning flare tip and a series of leaking valves. "When we started up, we thought this might be a learning curve," Waddington said during her presentation to council. According to modelling from a previous company report, increased routine flaring volume could lead to a tenfold increase in emissions of volatile organic compounds, including harmful pollutants, into the region's airshed. Meanwhile, the company's non-routine flaring stems at least in part from ongoing malfunctions requiring the facility to purge its gas to quickly relieve potentially dangerous pressure levels within the plant. The pending application is the latest signal that LNG Canada's ongoing emissions will be higher than previously reported. Before flaring began in August 2024, a promotional video said early flaring events would "decrease significantly over several months" as the company began operations. Years later, elevated flaring rates now seem likely to continue throughout normal operations. "First it was 'It'll only be three months,'" Kitimat Coun. Gerry Leibel said. "Now we're looking at three years." "The community is starting to realize now this is a bit of a Trojan horse." Leibel said Kitimat residents are reporting growing alarm about the flaring and its impacts on the community. Local social media posts depict black smoke billowing from the company's stacks, and Leibel said he has heard residents near the facility compare its noise to a freight train. In an email to The Tyee, an LNG Canada spokesperson said the facility's current permit levels were "based on long-term, stable operating conditions" and "did not reflect the higher flaring volumes typically seen during start-up and early operations at an LNG facility." However, recent reporting from the Narwhal suggests that LNG Canada's flaring is not typical. According to estimates based on satellite data, LNG Canada may have flared more gas last year than any LNG facility worldwide. Ahead of its upcoming permit request, LNG Canada delivered a "pre-submission package" to the regulator in November. LNG Canada has not submitted its final application package, a spokesperson for the BC Energy Regulator told The Tyee. "Should an application be submitted, it will be subject to public notification and engagement requirements in accordance with the Public Notification Regulation," a spokesperson for the regulator wrote in an email, adding that "the BCER does not g...

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