This summer we learned about internal government audits that showed the coast guard's capacity to monitor in response to a marine oil spill is severely lacking. Equipment is outdated and the coast guard lacks funds to properly life cycle its equipment.
This is extremely concerning to British Columbians, given this government's desire to increase tanker traffic on B.C.'s coast.
The estimates show a $7.3 million appropriation to improve oil spill response capacity. Can you please provide details to the committee on any progress made on these audit recommendations and how this $7.3 million will be spent?