Pipeline agreement not in BC's best interest

This morning in the Times Colonist, Thomas Gunton, director of the resource and environmental planning program at SFU and for BC deputy minister of Environment, wrote a succinct article outlining why the 5 conditions outlined by BC Premier Christy Clark to open BC to diluted-bitumen pipelines and oil tanker traffic could never adequately be met. The major eye-opener for me was that "Enbridge has set up a limited-partnership company to ship oil that fully exonerates Enbridge from liability" for any damages due to an oil-spill that surpass $1 billion. The expected cost of a partial cleanup are around $9.6 billion leaving BC taxpayers on the hook for the difference. And that's without taking into account the environmental devastation.
Forget it! We stand strong in opposition to such lunacy!
Link: Pipeline agreement is not in B.C's interest

On the left: A spirit bear, the unofficial mascot for The Great Bear Rainforest and pipeline protestor at the Defend our Climate, Defend our Communities National Day of Action
Photo:  Andrew Murgatroyd

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