BC Chamber Energy Summit 2011
British Columbia's Sustainable Energy Future
November 17-18 at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver
900 Canada Place Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C
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Energy Poll Results Unveiled at Conference
BC Chamber President John Winter releases details of the new energy poll
A newly released BC Chamber of Commerce poll of the business community
in British Columbia shows solid support for the infrastructure needed to
build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in the province, for both
domestic and export markets. 78% of those surveyed said they were aware
that BC’s huge gas resource could power domestic and export markets for
the foreseeable future. 61%
of those contacted agreed that BC should develop oil and gas
infrastructure that will diversify our exports to include Asian markets
in addition to existing US destinations.
“The landscape is rapidly changing here in BC, and clearly there is
confusion amongst the business community with respect to how best
develop our resource base,” says John Winter, President of the BC
Chamber of Commerce. “Therefore, we must quickly determine how to
compete internationally to meet Asia’s voracious appetite for energy
while at the same time building capacity for our growing domestic
needs.”
The BC Chamber Energy Survey was
released
Thursday evening,
November 17th
at the opening of the two-day BC Chamber Energy
Summit at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver.
Delegates view a detailed slide show of poll results
The web survey conducted by the Spark Group on behalf of the BC Chamber
of Commerce polled 625 members of the business community across the
province. 68% of those questioned agreed that natural gas should be part
of government’s strategy and the Clean Energy Act. At the same time, 76%
of those questioned believe that alternative energy sources can
significantly contribute to BC’s energy needs.
Presentations from the dinner keynote address by David Calvert of the Kitimat LNG Partnership and Ellis Ross, Chief Councilor of the Haisla nation are available on the program page of this website, as are the presentations from the panelists from Friday's program.
View the videos of the conference presentations at SendtoNews
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