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Eby said that the pipeline proposal was a distraction that had already cost B.C. another investment opportunity, dubbing it a potential \u201cenergy vampire\u201d draining federal, Indigenous and provincial resources. He spoke in Victoria with most of his NDP caucus cheering him on from the steps of the B.C. legislature on Thursday. 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