Tanker Ban: The Vote to Protect BC’s Fragile North Coast

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Nathan Cullen is the member of Parliament for the riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley

 
BY NATHAN CULLEN, VANCOUVER SUN

Last week the House of Commons spent some hours debating an issue uniquely West Coast but also critical to Canada: whether or not we need a legislated ban on supertanker traffic plying the waters of BC’s north and central coast. The vote will be cast Tuesday.

It’s not often that Canada’s Parliament looks across the Rockies to cast an opinion on a debate that is familiar and passionate to those of us fortunate to live in this stunningly beautiful province.

New Democrats have long suggested that the vagueness of the Federal government’s policy towards tankers on the coast creates an environment of damaging uncertainty not just for business but more importantly for the people of the coast.

Read full op-ed by Nathan Cullen in the Vancouver Sun here

 
 Last week the House of Commons spent some hours debating an issue uniquely West Coast but alcritical to Canada: whether or not we need a legislated ban on supertanker traffic plying the waters of BC’s north and central coast. The vote will be cast TuesdayIt’s not often that Canada’s Parliament looks across the 

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About Damien Gillis

Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues - especially relating to water, energy, and saving Canada's wild salmon - working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world. He is the co-founder, along with Rafe Mair, of The Common Sense Canadian, and a board member of both the BC Environmental Network and the Haig-Brown Institute.