As a moratorium on oil tankers off the north coast moves closer to becoming law, the Hereditary Chiefs and political leaders of First Nations along the North Pacific Coast pledge our full support for the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act and urge the Senate to pass Bill C-48.

Has the situation gotten out of hand?

It feels like an instant replay of the project’s last NEB review, which concluded in 2016. That review and the resulting federal cabinet approval of the pipeline and tanker project resulted in 15 legal challenges that led to a two-week hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA). The result? The court quashed the federal approval

B.C.’s proposed new Environmental Assessment Act is a massive improvement over what’s in place now, but experts say it doesn’t go far enough to protect the environment or ensure Indigenous consent.