Article content

Last week’s dramatic arrests of pipeline protesters in central B.C. made headlines across Canada and beyond.

At the offices of the consortium building the LNG Canada megaproject — the biggest in Canadian history — the images of heavily armed police removing Indigenous protesters were particularly jarring.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Mike Smyth: LNG megaproject 'full steam ahead' but more protests loom Back to video

“The imagery strikes a chord in all of us,” said Susannah Pierce, the natural-gas project’s director of external relations. “No one ever wants to see that sort of thing happen.”

You can bet the same concern was felt in the offices of Premier John Horgan and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, both of whom could barely contain their glee when the $40-billion LNG Canada project was approved last year.

PODCAST: Postmedia columnists Mike Smyth and Rob Shaw start 2019 by examining critical issues and predicting possible outcomes for the year ahead.

Is former Premier Christy Clark ready for politics after time away? Will rideshare giants Uber and Lyft drive away from B.C. after encountering a number of roadblocks? Can federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh actually win a seat in Burnaby? Smyth and Shaw explore these topics and more in their expansive discussion about what’s to come in 2019.