Premier Christy Clark is playing down a controversy over mining jobs in BC going to Chinese workers.
Clark says the 200 Chinese miners are just doing exploratory work, and she's pushing for British Columbians to get any future jobs with the company.
"We are advertising hard to try and get out there and find BC workers and train up bc workers for those jobs should they come, so this is an initial exploratory investment, but if that mine ends up getting started, we want BC workers in there and that's why we're advertising for them."
But NDP critic Leonard Krog says the provincial government is at fault for "mucking up" the skills training system and Clark's promise doesn't ring true.