Governments unprepared for risks of a dilbit spill in western waters

I can lament the failure of the B.C. NDP and the federal Liberals to keep their promises, while praying that the likely spills will be averted by sheer luck.
A rally against the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in Ottawa in 2018. There has been no evaluation of these health risks of a spill, nor has there been a thorough environmental risk assessment, writes Elizabeth May.

Back in May, I joined a group of health and environmental groups in signing an open letter to the British Columbia government asking that a stale-dated recommendation of that province's Health Officers Council finally be acted upon.

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