WHO WINS IF SUPERTANKERS COME TO BC'S SOUTH COAST

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Defend Our Coast.
Politicians in Ottawa and Alberta are pushing to let crude oil supertankers back onto BC's Coast. First, they pushed for a northern terminal, but the northern tanker ban was upheld. 
Unfortunately, this isn't the end of the story. Now, the carcinogenic diluted bitumen will head south to the Fraser River estuary where a new terminal at Roberts Bank will move thirty million barrels a month - that's fifteen supertankers full of toxic diluted bitumen. Oil companies and foreign investors are set to reap profits by putting our fishing grounds, jobs, and communities at risk.
$7 billion a year 
That's what BC's ocean industries, including fishing, tourism, and marine work, are worth to our economy. It's already here. It already works.
$2.4 to $9.4 billion
That's the estimated cost to clean up a single major oil spill on our coast. That bill would fall on us — not the oil companies.
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Sources for this page
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
B.C. ocean’s worth of almost $5 billion to GDP likely an underestimate
The ocean is very valuable to B.C., in terms of GDP, jobs, and income.
Sacred Trust
What would the economic cost of an oil spill be? - Sacred Trust
A medium-sized spill on British Columbia's north coast would cost the regional economy up to $189 million and require $2.4 billion for cleanup costs.
Canada's National Observer
Canada’s oceans provide billions in value beyond fish
The federal government is beginning to tally the "invisible" benefits of oceans that don’t show up on balance sheets.