訊 據網站7月27日消息 加拿大會議委員會和加拿大液化天然氣聯盟資助的一份新報告稱，不列顛哥倫比亞省每年5600萬噸的液化天然氣行業將創造近10萬個就業崗位。
對于附近的阿爾伯塔省來說，在反輸油管道運動下苦苦掙扎的阿爾伯塔省，在獲得利潤的同時，整個加拿大的10萬個工作崗位，不僅僅是在不列顛哥倫比亞，可能無法彌補在不列顛哥倫比亞省與急需的跨山輸油管道進行激烈斗爭后，其從油砂作業中損失的擴大。
對不列顛哥倫比亞省來說，這將是一個甜蜜的勝利，因為它將獲得超過三分之二的就業機會。
除了就業機會，液化天然氣行業的工資總額將增加60多億美元（不列顛哥倫比亞省為46億美元），并使加拿大的國內生產總值每年增加110億美元。報告稱，各省可獲得超過1080億美元的省級財政收入，其中940億美元將用于不列顛哥倫比亞省。
聯邦政府將獲得大約640億美元的額外收入。
根據《新興浪潮：不列顛哥倫比亞省液化天然氣行業的經濟影響》的報告，液化天然氣行業的成本約為5000億美元，時間跨度超過40年。
不列顛哥倫比亞省和阿爾伯塔省之間的斗爭已經持續了多年，以阿爾伯塔的石油為中心，有一條必須貫穿的管道。這一分歧引發了訴訟和石油儲備的威脅，聯邦政府陷入了困境。
不幸的是，加拿大近年來在推動能源項目方面并沒有很好的記錄，雄心勃勃的液化天然氣行業帶來的挑戰比解決方案還多。
王磊 摘譯自 今日油價
原文如下：
LNG Industry Could Bring 100,000 Jobs To Canada
A new report by the Conference Board of Canada, and funded by the Canadian LNG Alliance, determined that a 56-million-tonnes-per-year LNG industry in British Columbia would generate nearly 100,000 jobs.
For nearby Alberta, who has struggled under the anti-pipeline movement to get its oil its primary market, the United States, while turning a profit, those 100,000 jobs—in Canada as a whole, not just in B.C.--may not make up for what it lost from oilsands operations after B.C. fought tooth and nail against the much-needed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
For B.C., who would be the recipient of more than two-thirds of those jobs, it would be sweet victory.
In addition to the jobs, total wages from an LNG industry would be boosted by more than $6 billion ($4.6 billion for B.C.), and increase Canada’s GDP by $11 billion annually. More than $108 billion in provincial revenue could be generated for the provinces, according to the report, with $94 billion of it going to B.C.
The federal government would receive about $64 billion in additional revenue.
Of course, that LNG industry would come at a cost—of about $500 billion, spread over more than forty years, according to the report “A Rising Tide: The Economic Impact of B.C.’s liquified natural gas industry”.
The war between B.C. and Alberta has been raging for years, centered around Alberta’s oil and a pipeline that must run through B.C. The disagreement has sparked threats of lawsuits and withholding the oil, with the federal government caught in the middle.
Unfortunately for Canada, it doesn’t have a great track record in recent years for getting energy projects off the ground, and an ambitious LNG industry poses more challenges than solutions.
