The last time the BC NDP chose to come out against the Kinder Morgan pipeline during the last election under then leader Adrian Dix - they managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and returned the BC Liberals with yet another strong majority government.  Dix was scared of the Greens  and flip-flopped without consulting his own party.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ~ George Santayana

The building trades unions were outraged and voted with the BC Liberals. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s flip-flop on the proposed $4.1-billion Kinder Morgan oil pipeline was a “disaster” that was a factor in the outcome of the provincial election, says Tom Sigurdson, head of unionized trades in B.C.

“To arbitrarily change (positions), I think that sent a shudder to the investment community and through the labour community. Our members build things. We build British Columbia. And if you have a change in policy, an unexpected change, it’s significant,” said Sigurdson