e-128 (Protection of the environment)

Petition to the Government of Canada

• It would put at risk lands, surface waters and aquifers along the route and result in more than 400 oil tankers on the southern BC coast per year;
• It is not a case of whether an oil spill would occur, but when;
• Clean-up technologies are ineffective with bitumen and the financial risk to taxpayers from the costs of spills is real;
• The threat is not only to our ecosystems and communities, but also to industries such as agriculture, fisheries and tourism; and
• The export of diluted bitumen, whether by Kinder Morgan or Enbridge to the north, threatens the future of the planet through climate change.