The Canadian Federal and BC Provincial governments are looking to allow oil tankers to ply the waters of Canada’s Inside Passage. The oil tankers would be Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC’s) approximately the size of the Exxon Valdez or larger. These tankers must navigate rocky courses through unpredictable and sometimes violent weather to reach the proposed terminus in Kitimat, BC. These routes will bring tankers into BC’s productive, diverse and fragile coastline where oil spills can have catastrophic consequences.
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