Do Oil Tankers Belong In Our Future?

It makes for chilling viewing. And as the study notes, if oil-tanker traffic is allowed off the coast, it becomes a statistical question of when, not if, an accident is going to occur. There is simply no guarantee of absolute safety. With a half-dozen pipeline proposals in the works to move Alberta oil to B.C. ports such as Kitimat and Prince Rupert for transfer to foreign-bound tankers, it's time the federal government made its position clear. Is the moratorium on oil-tanker traffic firmly in place, as former environment minister David Anderson claims, or is it just a "voluntary exclusion zone" that could easily be overturned, as Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn says? Does it apply to only foreign traffic or also to traffic to and from B.C. ports? And if the moratorium is lifted, what plans will be in place for rapid response to an accident? http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=e78b1a23-0cc2-409e-9017-89628551916d [Proofreader’s note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on October 2, 2007]

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