CBC: It has been referred to the federal major projects office, which aims to speed up infrastructure deemed in Canada’s national interest.
Richard Brooks, climate finance director at environmental group Stand.earth, said Canadians should be “extremely alarmed” to see pension funds investing in LNG on behalf of millions of workers and retirees.
“Canadians should have a say where and with whom their retirement funds are invested. While geopolitical instability has driven up interest in Canadian LNG, this is still not a risk-free investment, particularly in the long term,” Brooks said in a news release…