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A slight majority of British Columbians consider the lack of new Trans Mountain pipeline capacity to be a “crisis”, a poll has found.
The survey - by the Angus Reid Institute - found that 53% of BC residents consider the lack of the pipeline expansion to be a crisis, while 47% do not.
Across Canada as a whole, 58% said it was a crisis while 42% did not.
The results are based on a representative sample of 4,024 Canadians who were asked about the pipeline online between December 21 and January 3.
Unsurprisingly, Albertans were the most likely to be concerned about the situation, with 87% branding it a crisis and only 13% not.
Quebec was the only province to not have a majority considering the lack of new pipeline capacity a crisis, with 60% asserting that it is not and 40% saying it is.
BC residents, meanwhile, said they considered the oil and gas industries to be the most critical to Canada’s economy, with 65% putting it at the top of a list of the country’s earners.
A majority of 63% also said that the lack of new pipeline capacity would have a “major/considerable” impact on BC’s economy.
Overall, 69% of Canadians agreed.
