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VICTORIA — Just in time for the end of the spring session of the legislature, there was more encouraging news Thursday for Premier John Horgan on a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas project for the northwest coast.

“Petronas to join LNG Canada project,” read the press release announcing the Malaysian-government owned company was joining Shell Canada and partners from China, Korea and Japan in the proposal to build a major LNG terminal in Kitimat.

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“You have all of those main players in the natural gas sector, all participating in this joint venture,” said Horgan in hailing the news during a midday media scrum.

“So I think that speaks very well for a positive final investment decision. We’re working closely with the proponents to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to land it.”

No less enthusiastic was Energy Minister Michelle Mungall during debate in the legislature on her ministry budget later in the day.