Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to present a petition on behalf of concerned residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands. The southern resident killer whale is, as all my constituents are deeply concerned about it, one of those issues that unifies people within all of British Columbia, particularly the coastal Coast Salish territories.
The southern resident killer whale is an extremely endangered species. It is increasingly endangered, as petitioners point out, by additional ship traffic. Every additional Aframax oil tanker from the Trans Mountain pipeline, every additional expansion from the harbour authority in Vancouver—