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B.C. Premier and Coastal First Nations Sign Declaration Urging Ottawa to Keep North Coast Tanker Ban

Ottawa has not ruled on repealing the moratorium sought by Alberta for a proposed pipeline.

An oil tanker anchors in Strait of Juan de Fuca as a man walks to his car along the grounds of Royal Roads University looking towards Esquimalt Lagoon following snowfall in Victoria, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016.
B.C. Premier David Eby stands with the leaders from coastal nations after together signing a declaration to protect the province's North Coast from oil tankers.
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Overview

  • Premier David Eby joined coastal Indigenous leaders to sign the North Coast Protection Declaration calling for the federal tanker moratorium to remain in place.
  • The declaration warns that lifting the ban risks irreversible ecological damage and billions of dollars in lost coastal economic activity tied to fisheries, tourism and stewardship.
  • Eby said there is no technology to clean up a major spill in the region and stressed that there is currently no pipeline proponent, route or financing.
  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith continues to press for repeal as part of a pipeline proposal to export crude from the northern B.C. coast, but federal authorities have not endorsed the bid.
  • Signatories include Eby, Coastal First Nations president Marilyn Slett, Haida Nation president Jason Alsop, Lax Kw’alaams Mayor Garry Reece, Paula Amos of Indigenous Tourism B.C., and hereditary elder Clarence Innis.