Polling expert doubts party's stance has helped the Liberals.
from the Vancouver Observer
"Some pundits have wondered if the BC NDP's pipeline opposition may have helped the BC Liberals chip away at the NDP lead. But polling expert Mario Canseco doubts the NDP stance hurt them at all, while NDP candidate David Eby thinks it actually helped his campaign.
"On April 22, NDP leader Adrian Dix announced his party’s opposition to any pipeline plan that would 'transform Vancouver into a major port for oil export.'
"Kinder Morgan intends to twin their existing Trans Mountain pipeline, opening the door to exports from the Albertan oil sands. Opponents of the project have been vocal about the environmental hazards of increased tanker traffic in the Burrard Inlet. …"
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