The NDP announced the final component of their Energy Plan today – completing their total ban on virtually every form of energy production invented to date. So far this campaign Carole James and the NDP have announced their intention to ban or put out of business run-of-river, solar, bioenergy, geothermal, tidal, wind, oil and gas and now coalbed gas (CBG). These industries employ thousands of British Columbians and generate billions in investment – with the potential for more jobs and investment in the future – yet the NDP platform will shut them all down.
May 7, 2009
The NDP announced the final component of their Energy Plan today – completing their total ban on virtually every form of energy production invented to date. So far this campaign Carole James and the NDP have announced their intention to ban or put out of business run-of-river, solar, bioenergy, geothermal, tidal, wind, oil and gas and now coalbed gas (CBG). These industries employ thousands of British Columbians and generate billions in investment – with the potential for more jobs and investment in the future – yet the NDP platform will shut them all down.
Let’s look at the consequences of the NDP’s energy policies to date:
- NDP’s plan to ban CBG development - jobs destroyed and millions in investment lost.
- NDP’s plan to ban clean energy development - jobs destroyed, billions in private sector investment lost and continued reliance on dirty imported power from the U.S.
- NDP’s new taxes on energy industry - 60,000 jobs destroyed, and billions in investment lost.
The NDP Energy Plan is a plan to shut down B.C.’s energy industry. At a time when people are worried about the economy and their job, it’s simply shocking that every day Carole James and the NDP announce new policies aimed exclusively at shutting down entire industries and putting people out of work. In fact, in 23 days of campaigning the NDP have not put forward a single positive suggestion that will create jobs in our energy industry. It appears that if the NDP get their way British Columbians will be left to freeze in the dark.
