First Nations Say No to Tar Sands Pipeline and Oil Tankers in BC

First Nations stood as a unified block this week - on the 21st anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - to announce their opposition to a proposed Tar Sands pipeline.

This would bring expanded amounts of Tar Sands oil from Alberta to British Columbia, where oil would be shipped by oil tankers to overseas markets, notably China.

"We will protect ourselves and the interests of future generations with everything we have because one major oil spill on the coast of British Columbia would wipe us out," said Gerald Amos, Director, Coastal First Nations, an alliance of nine First Nations. "This bountiful and globally significant coastline cannot bear an oil spill. This is where Enbridge hits a wall."

Coastal First Nations from Vancouver Island to the BC/Alaska border are unanimous in their opposition and are joined by the vast majority of First Nations affected along the pipeline route from Kitamaat to Alberta.  For more information read the full Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative press release.