Friends of Wild Salmon

Declaration on Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

Citizens and communities have both the right and responsibility to make decisions about development that will affect their future.

Enbridge, backed by the international oil industry, is proposing to construct two pipelines carrying crude oil and industrial thinner between the Alberta Tar Sands and Kitimat BC.

The project would introduce over 200 crude oil tankers to BC’s North Coast annually. The geography of the North Coast is complex and the industry has not proven they can transport oil by tankers safely.  A coastal spill would have tragic and lasting impacts on the culture, economy and environment of the region.

The proposed pipelines would cross 1000 streams and rivers in the Fraser, Skeena, Mackenzie and Kitimat watersheds. The Skeena and Fraser Rivers are globally significant wild salmon rivers. Oil pipelines inevitably fail and therefore put downstream communities and valuable wild salmon resources at risk.

Coastal First Nations, in upholding their ancestral laws, rights and responsibilities, have declared a ban on oil tankers carrying tar sands crude oil in BC’s Northern Coastal Waters.

The majority of BC First Nations support this ban and seven out of ten of British Columbians support a ban on oil tankers in BC's inside coastal waters.

We, the undersigned, oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project and support the ban on crude oil tankers in BC’s Northern Coastal Waters. We support community economic development that contributes positively to the social, cultural, environmental and economic health of our communities.

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