i want to point out that this is a mistake, from the perspectives of the people advocating for it. this is yesterday's policy, by a politician distinguishing himself as a proponent of yesterday, a true Yesterday's Man.
the market is obviously intended to be china. there is not another market accessible from this port that would justify this level of investment.
however, due to a persistent american failure to lead since clinton stepped down, china is actually leading the ev revolution. it is true that one may analyze american consumption markets and decide they'll be buying oil for a while. that same analysis does not apply to china, and only yesterday's man would convince himself that it makes sense to spend billions or trillions building an export market for oil to an economy that is moving past it.
substantive environmental considerations aside, the simple reality is that the economics of the proposal are from yesterday's red papers, they are not current. this is a waste of money that will destroy a swath of bc scenery and potentially create landslide risks and come with no discernible end point. it will probably get cancelled, as chinese oil consumption crashes instead of rises.