Vaughn Palmer: Four projects have provided a major boost to job creation. All four are wrapped up or winding down, raising the question of what will replace them.

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VICTORIA — In Terrace earlier this week, B.C. NDP leader David Eby announced a plan to boost economic development and “create thousands of jobs” in Northwest B.C.

The premier’s first campaign foray outside Metro Vancouver took him to a riding, Skeena, next to the Nechako Lakes riding represented by B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad.

“Rustad neglected the northwest, while Eby makes sure communities benefit directly,” said the NDP news release.

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Skeena was an NDP seat until it was wrenched away by B.C. Liberal Ellis Ross in 2017.

Eby hopes to win it back, in part by touting the region’s mining potential.

“Northwest B.C. has the critical minerals that are in high demand worldwide, giving us a huge advantage in the global movement to a clean economy,” said Eby.

He is proposing to streamline a mining regulatory regime that the New Democrats maintained and expanded during their seven years in office.

If the NDP leader wanted a more immediate example of what his party has done for jobs and development in the region, he could have travelled to Kitimat, an hour’s drive south of Terrace.

Kitimat is home base for LNG Canada, an export terminal........

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