Reaction to Transport Canada’s release of its TERMPOL finding was swift, and predictable.
However, the Coastal First Nations took quite a different view.
Art Sterritt, the executive director of the CFN, said the decision was “unfathomable”.
He said the report found that many of the response techniques identified by Enbridge, including booming around tankers to contain spilled oil, skimmers and booms used to remove oil, and re-direction to sensitive areas are similar to methods used during the Exxon Valdez cleanup.
Sterritt said the CFN would do whatever was necessary to stop oil tankers coming into Kitimat.