Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Ksi Lisims LNG facility and the North Coast power line have been added to the federal major projects list for expedited permitting through the new Major Projects Office.
- The Canada Infrastructure Bank will loan BC Hydro $140 million toward the North Coast Transmission Line, a roughly 450‑kilometre project pegged at about $6 billion to deliver electricity for industrial development including Ksi Lisims.
- Ksi Lisims is planned as two offshore floating platforms in Nisga’a territory with capacity to export about 12 million tonnes of LNG annually, supplied by the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline.
- Federal and B.C. governments granted conditional support in September following a provincial environmental certificate, reflecting a ‘one project, one review’ approach.
- Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla have filed Federal Court challenges to the federal approval, other Nations have raised concerns about the pipeline corridor, and project documents indicate Western LNG subsidiaries would own and operate the assets.