Liberal government’s $1.5-billion marine safety plan may fall short with increased tanker traffic

One oil spill specialist says the government 'missed the mark' on the marine safety plan, while another calls it a 'step in the right direction' that may require more attention if marine traffic increases.

The Port of Vancouver on Canada's West Coast. It's expected the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will increase oil tanker traffic into the Burrard Inlet to more than 400 ships a year. Photograph courtesy of Bobanny, Wikimedia Commons.

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BY DENIS CALNAN

December 5, 2016

The government’s recently announced five-year, $1.5-billion marine safety plan may just be a drop in the ocean in terms of what is actually needed to prevent and clean up oil spills affecting Canadian waters, say some observers. Noting that Canada has the longest coastline in the world, the Prime...

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