I will remind my friend from British Columbia that this is absolutely possible in B.C.
This is what an audit from the Coast Guard said about its capacity to respond to a spill:
The Canadian Coast Guard lacks the training, equipment and management systems to fulfill its duties to respond to offshore pollution...such as oil spills.
This is from an internal audit of the Coast Guard. This is not some outside group saying that the Coast Guard is not well prepared.
How can my friend say Canadians can rest assured that the safety mechanisms are in place and that the Coast Guard will do it? The Coast Guard has audited itself and has found it is not able to do it.