Re: 鈥淓nergy board endorses Trans Mountain pipeline,鈥� Feb. 23.
The negative reaction to the recent National Energy Board decision to allow the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and with it one additional tanker a day in sa国际传媒 coastal waters is off base. If the opponents are truly concerned for the health of the orca population, you would expect them to be also incensed with the announcement the same day that sa国际传媒 Ferries is increasing its annual sailings by 2,700.
As has been noted previously by Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Jonathan Wilkinson, the impact on the orcas of a ferry or tanker are comparable. The orcas don鈥檛 know the difference.
If we are serious about protecting the orcas, should we not also be moving aggressively to reduce ferry sailings, not increase them?
Tim Garrish
Victoria
