First Nations group launches anti oil tanker ad campaign

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The BC Coastal First Nations has launched a campaign to keep oil tanker traffic away from the coast and it comes on the anniversary of one of the worst oil spills ever, the Exxon Valdez disaster.

The ad itself is quite graphic, using archived footage from the actual spill in 1989.

Art Sterritt with the BC Coastal First Nations says the group is now putting more focus into the campaign and less into opposing the Keystone Pipeline’s Joint Review Panel which would transport oil to the coast.

“We’ve kind of backed off wrestling with Enbridge at the Joint Review Panel,” he explains.

Sterritt says he’s confident the ad will garner support. It’s set to air in Northern BC before it gets to the Lower Mainland.

The group doesn’t want their ad recognizing the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill confused with political lobbying.

“This is not an initiative to try to get people to vote for a party, this is about voting for people who support the coast,” says Sterritt.

Sterritt isn’t advocating one particular party heading into the May election but says he’s confident the BC NDP would halt the province’s involvement in the pipeline’s Joint Review.

The area affected by the Exxon spill is almost the same size as the majority of the BC coast.

The coast itself is very difficult for naval traffic to navigate.

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