First
Things First!
“Maintain
the offshore oil and gas moratoria on BC’s
Coast!”
The
federal government is currently considering a proposal
to study the lifting of the offshore oil and gas
moratoria on the BC Coast. The Canadian Nature Federation,
the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and World
Wildlife Fund Canada believe it is essential that
the federal and provincial governments and First
Nations put in place a network of marine protected
areas designed to protect representative and distinctive
habitats before any assessment is done of the feasibility
of oil and gas development.
The
Pacific Marine Environment is home to a vast diversity
of wildlife. The area of proposed oil and gas development
is one of the most biologically rich and diverse
marine ecosystems on the BC Coast. After ten years
of negotiations, the Canadian and BC Governments
have not finalized their joint marine protected
areas strategy and many key long-identified marine
areas still await protection. If the federal and
provincial governments are serious about sustainable
resource management, they must protect critical
wildlife habitat on the west coast now. Instead
of talking about lifting the moratoria, tell them
to talk about keeping their promises to conserve
the coast’s diverse wildlife and habitat.
Write
or phone today and say you want to see the present
offshore oil and gas moratorium maintained on the
BC coast.
Contact
information:
Premier
Gordon Campbell
PO Box 9041 Stn Prov Gov’t, Victoria, BC
V8W 9E1
Phone 250-387-1715
Fax 250-387-0087
Email: premier@gov.bc.ca
Right
Honourable Jean Chrétien
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Phone: 613-992-4211
Fax: (613) 941-6900
Email: pm@pm.gc.ca
Minister
of Environment David Anderson
House of Commons
EB, Room 133
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Phone 613-996-2358
Fax 613-952-1458
Email: david.anderson@ec.gc.ca
Minister
of Natural Resources, Herb Dhaliwal
House of Commons
East Block, Room 121
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Phone 613-995-7052
Fax 613-995-2962
Email: hdhaliwa@nrcan.gc.ca
