Thursday’s announcement by the provincial and federal governments to keep the oil tanker ban in effect for northern B.C. waters was positively received by the Lake Babine Nation.
Chief Wilf Adam called the move sound ecological practice and said it, “spared the many First Nations across northern B.C. the unnecessary time, expense, and calamity of having to defend what was already a foregone conclusion.”
He added catastrophic consequences don’t happen with natural gas pipelines what would if an oil spill occurred.
“An oil incident, whether in crude or bitumen form, would cause immediate and long-term damage to waterways, soil, and the biosphere,” Adam said.
The chief mentioned opposition to a pipeline through the First Nation’s territory was about safety, generational sustainability, and respect for Indigenous rights.
Thursday night, Alberta proposed a pipeline route to southern B.C. along the existing Trans Mountain pipeline corridor.
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