Estimated taxpayer exposure if a supertanker spills and corporate liability caps are met and other available spill-focused funding is exhausted.
Volume of crude oil carried by a single supertanker transiting our coast.
The current annual value of BC's coastal economy — fishing, tourism, and local business.
Roughly the permanent jobs created by similar pipeline expansions — not enough to justify putting coastal communities in the path of a spill.

Generations of families have built their livelihoods on these waters. A single major spill ends many fisheries— not for a season, but forever.

Whale watching, sport fishing, eco-tourism — these industries depend entirely on clean water and an unspoiled coastline.

Coastal homes represent a lifetime of work. Tanker traffic and spill risk would collapse property values that retirees depend on.
The pressure to lift the ban is mounting in Ottawa. They think rural BC won't notice until the tankers are already on the horizon.
This is a decision being made by people who will never smell a spill, never lose a fishing licence, and never watch their property value disappear. They are betting with our lives and our livelihoods.
The tanker ban has protected this coast for years. It exists because communities like ours fought for it. Now we have to fight to keep it.
