I realize it's Halloween, but I would not like to imagine a more frightening scenario. I'm a lifelong mariner. I was a commercial fisherman for over three decades. I have seen oil spills of varying sizes. I have seen large tar balls, as they're termed, which is bunker C, on beaches. In the hot sun, that melts and coats everything and kills everything it touches. A spill of a magnitude that you refer to would be catastrophic. It would be the end for most of the communities in the region in which I live. It would spell an end to the economy that we have built for ourselves, and to control. It would mean an end to life as we know it, to be perfectly honest. For many of us, it would spell the end of our ability to continue to live in the region where we are. That's why we are so determined to see this bill through. It's something that has been four decades in the working. We believe this would be the cornerstone on which to build a new economy for the region, and it will precipitate the move to a sustainable economy.
On October 31st, 2017. See this statement in context.