Cancel Canada-Alberta memorandum
Petitioners ask the Government of Canada to cancel the Canada-Alberta memorandum, uphold the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, and ensure British Columbia and coastal First Nations fully participate in future coastal project decisions.
Why we would sign this petition
- It would cancel a Canada-Alberta agreement that advances a pipeline and tanker route opposed by coastal First Nations and British Columbia, respecting local refusal.
- Upholding the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act would keep legal protection for a sensitive coastal ecosystem and the conservation-based economies petitioners say depend on it.
- Ensuring full participation by BC and coastal First Nations would strengthen consent-based planning and support sustainable north-coast economic development.
Why we wouldn’t sign this petition
- Canceling the memorandum could hinder intergovernmental cooperation and delay projects intended to increase oil transport capacity that some provinces support.
- Maintaining the moratorium may limit resource-development options and potential jobs or revenues that proponents argue would come from pipelines.
- Insisting on full participation could complicate or prolong negotiations, making timely project assessments and decisions more difficult.
The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.
Official petition
Petition to the House of Commons The recent memorandum of understanding between the governments of Canada and Alberta signals support for a new pipeline and crude oil tanker route to British Columbia’s northern coast, even though Coastal communities and member nations of Coastal First Nations - Great Bear Initiative (CFN-GBI), the Haisla Nation, and the Lax Kw'alaams Band, as the individual Rights and Title holders of their respective territories, have been clear for more than fifty years that they don't support any project that would bring crude oil tankers into their territories, and British Columbia also rejects this proposal; Coastal First Nations have built a successful conservation-based economy that is protecting the environment, creating jobs, supporting new businesses, and generating billions of dollars for the Canadian economy; and The federal government seeks to weaken the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, despite a voluntary tanker ban for over 30 years before legislation: Governments and industry in Canada and the U.S. recognized this region as too hazardous and environmentally sensitive for crude oil tankers, and there is no technology that can clean up an oil spill and one spill has the potential to destroy our coastal economy for many generations. We, the undersigned, concerned residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Cancel the memorandum; 2. Uphold the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act; 3. Work with coastal communities and coastal First Nations to continue growing a sustainable, diverse economy across the north coast; and 4. Ensure future coastal project negotiations include full participation from British Columbia and coastal First Nations.
Government response
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