Oil spills not just ‘out there,’ Canadian feds should act now to prevent future crisis

In 2008, BP's Sarnia-based plant experienced a spill of its own: a natural gas vapour leak resultin in a $1-million fine, the largest ever imposed in Ontario.

Disastrous images of the BP's spill in the Gulf of Mexico portray a crisis somewhere "out there." As recent spills demonstrate—including the July 27 Enbridge spill of some three million litres of oil into Battle Creek, Mich.,—leaks, spills and accidents are an ever-present reality. Wh...

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