Informing you about the destruction* of the waters and beaches of beautiful British Columbia* History has shown us that a major spill is not a matter of "IF" but "WHEN."
In case you didn't know, crude oil from the Alberta tar sands that has been pumped to the refineries in Burnaby, B.C. is also being pumped into supertankers at the Westridge port in Burnaby, for shipment through Burrard Inlet, around Stanley Park, into Georgia Strait, passing by the Gulf Islands and downtown Victoria into the Strait of Juan de Fuca to enter the Pacific Ocean. The number of tankers loading at the Burnaby Westridge Terminal has gone from none in 2000 to 34 in 2007. Kinder Morgan is in the midst of expanding its pipeline to Burnaby from 260,000 to 300,000 barrels per day. I have recently (May, 2009) observed 2 tankers per week loading at Westridge Treminal, each one leaving Burrard Inlet loaded with 500,000 barrels or 21 million gallons of Albverta crude oil. Statistics Canada reported on November 26, 2007:
I, Bill Gannon, CMA, prepared the above risk assessment and delivered it to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, with copies to those listed below.See below for their Response to Risk Assessment |
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It's happening! If we don't stop them now, we never will. |
| DON'T LET THE OILMEN TURN B.C. INTO ALBERTA'S BACK ALLEY!WE NEED A LAW TO STOP THEM!Our government cannot stop them unless there is a law.You can help to make the law:Ban crude oil shipments through B.C. watersWhat YOU can do
WE MUST BAN CRUDE OIL SHIPMENTS IN B.C. WATERS!
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Don't let them do it, we can STOP THEM! |
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Publiher and Editor: Bill Gannon, CMA |