B.C.’s Conservative party just won a majority. Here’s what it means for the environment
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Lorne Doerkson led the BC Conservatives to a historic majority, defeating David Eby’s NDP.
The Conservatives plan to cut taxes, expand LNG production and logging and “cut red tape like it’s never been cut before.”
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