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On Sunday, Kinder Morgan announced it was suspending non-essential work and spending on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project.

It’s a decision with potentially serious consequences for hard-working British Columbians, from our tourism to trucking sectors. Our society runs on Alberta fuel — we need it to get to work, get our kids to school or soccer, for planes and ferries, for grocery trucks, for ambulances and emergency response. With this ill-advised trade dispute, the NDP is putting our daily lives at risk on a politically motivated whim.

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This wasn’t a decision made lightly. Trans Mountain is a $7.4-billion investment with approval from the federal regulatory agency. What happened?

Premier John Horgan gave the game away when he admitted that Kinder Morgan’s CEO told him the project was being unnecessarily harassed by the government of B.C.

Set aside the number of times his government has said they will “use every tool” to stop this project, cheered on illegal actions, or acted in bad faith. Instead, look back to the confidence and supply agreement that underpins this minority government, which commits the NDP/Green partnership to stopping the project by any means necessary.