Vivian
Krause’s article poses an interesting conspiracy theory. However, she
neglects the key fact that governments since Liberal Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau 40 years ago have maintained the policy of banning oil
tankers from B.C.’s inside straits and channels around Haida Gwaii. The
Harper Conservative government wants to change that.

Oil supertankers today are far bigger than in the ’70s, while weather events are becoming more extreme and unpredictable.

The
Exxon Valdez and Gulf of Mexico oil spill disasters prove there is no
guarantee against human error or equipment failure. We invite an
eventual disaster if we allow hundreds of oil tankers a year to ply
those dangerous northern waters. Should a major oil spill happen, and
inevitably it would, there would be no going back. B.C.’s coastal
environment, lives, and jobs would be changed forever — for the worse.