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By approving the controversial Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion well before the May election, Premier Christy Clark has clearly drawn her line in the oil sands.

On one side of the line stands Clark and her Liberal government, showing voters they are willing to stand up for resource-industry jobs and development, even if it means angering environmentalists and First Nations.

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“Our job is to stand up for British Columbia,” Clark said Wednesday, announcing Kinder Morgan had met her five conditions for project approval, including billions of dollars in tax revenue and a share of pipeline profits.

On the other side of the line stands NDP leader John Horgan, who held up a jar of heavy bitumen crude oil at a news conference, insisting the risk of a spill is too great a gamble for the province to take.

“Christy Clark has caved to big money,” Horgan said. “The risk is too high.”