The Honourable Richard Neufeld Date

Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

PO Box 9060, Stn Prov Govt

Victoria, B.C.

V8W 9E2 e-mail: EMPR.Minister@gov.bc.ca

Dear Minister Neufeld,

I have become aware of WestPac LNG Corporation's proposal to build a Liquid Natural Gas importing facility on Texada Island, along with a gas-fired electrical generation station producing from 600 to 1200 MWs. I am very concerned about this proposal and I am writing to you to voice my opposition.

The proposal will see imported LNG coming into the constricted Gulf Island waters affecting existing shipping and industries to bring in LNG when B.C currently exports 80% of its natural gas. There is no need for this fuel in British Columbia, and we will merely be a transhipment facility in route to markets in the US, where it will compete with BC natural gas. This project does not make economic sense.

Will the NAFTA proportionality clause jeopardize access to our own reserves if natural gas exports increase due to imported LNG?

I call upon you as Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to vigorously oppose WestPac's proposal. The Government of British Columbia should do everything in its power to stop this proposal now.

What is your position on this proposal listed with the BC Major Projects Inventory List and updated as recently as March 2008?

Yours truly,

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