Mike Smyth: In damage-control mode, Horgan reaches out to business

Call it Premier John Horgan’s first damage-control tour.
With his agriculture minister taking fire in Victoria for sending a threatening letter to a Vancouver Island salmon farm, Horgan headed north last weekend to prove he’s not against rural resource projects.
First he went to Kitimat, where he visited Rio Tinto’s $4.8-billion aluminum smelter upgrade.
“It’s a truly spectacular outcome,” Horgan gushed. “It’s a foundational industry in Kitimat tha