You are conflating government decisions with industry decisions that are based solely on economics. There really never was a case for LNG.  A better prospect would have been to use natural gas for electricity generation but because the Liberal (Socred) government wanted to push its "green" agenda, that was not even considered. There are no private  investors in Site C, just taxpayers of BC.  it has been a massive boondoggle from the get go forty years ago.