Mr. Speaker, because tens of thousands of British Columbia jobs depend on an oil-free coast, because the ecology and clean environment are at the foundation of our region of coastal British Columbia, I bring today the advice of petitioners from Nanaimo—Ladysmith who urge the government, rather than spending $4.5 billion to buy a leaky old pipeline, to instead cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on the basis of there not being a sufficient bitumen oil spill response, insufficient consultation with affected communities, and not enough assent from indigenous leadership, as has recently been affirmed by the courts. We particularly commend this advice from Nanaimo—Ladysmith residents to the government.
In the House of Commons on September 17th, 2018. See this statement in context.