VICTORIA – The union representing licensed professionals in British Columbia says its latest escalation of strike action could result in “costly delays” in projects such as the high-profile Red Chris mine expansion.

Professional Employees Association executive director Melissa Moroz says engineers, geoscientists and mining inspectors are among those now on the picket lines as all but its essential members take strike action.

Moroz says those professionals support projects such as the Red Chris copper and gold mine in northwestern B.C., one of five national-interest projects that was identified to fast-track by Prime Minister Mark Carney for its potential to strengthen Canada’s role as a reliable supplier of copper.

She says their strike will present a “problem” for the mine’s expansion.

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