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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went on the attack in the House of Commons on Tuesday, accusing NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh of being willing to risk thousands of jobs by appearing to withdraw support for a massive B.C. liquefied natural gas project.

Trudeau’s comments come as both parties jockey for credibility on their environmental plans, with Parliament set to debate two competing motions this week on whether to declare a national climate emergency, both designed to expose the weaknesses of their rivals’ plans.

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“Yesterday, the leader of the NDP flip-flopped on the LNG Canada project,” Trudeau said in Question Period. “He is now opposed to the largest private investment in Canadian history, a project that has the support of the British Columbia NDP and Indigenous communities. This flip-flop goes against 10,000 good jobs for British Columbians.”

On Monday, Singh told reporters in Ottawa that he has concerns about LNG Canada’s $40-billion natural gas export facility in northern B.C. and the Coastal GasLink pipeline that would feed it. He said all resource development projects must align with Canada’s climate-change goals, respect Indigenous rights and create jobs. “At this point, there’s some concerns that I’ve raised, and (the project) has not satisfied all those criteria,” he said. The NDP did not respond to a request for further comment from the Post on Tuesday.