Please write again to Ministers Loyola Hearn and Barry Penner to thank them for their decision to remove the diesel fuel tanker now lying underwater in the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve.
Though no definite timing was stated, subsequent comments by B.C. Environment Minister Penner clearly indicated that officials are aware that the Northern Resident orcas are expected to return by early summer. At the same time, please request that they do what is needed before the orcas return, i.e. before mid June, 2008.You can e-mail Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Loyola Hearn or mail a letter to:
The Honourable Loyola HearnYou can e-mail B.C. Minister of the Environment Barry Penner or mail a letter to:
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
200 Kent St.
Ottawa, ON
Canada
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The Honourable Barry PennerWhat happens now will depend on the ability of government officials to move swiftly through the process of awarding a salvage contract. If a call for bids happens during the week of April 21-25, and very soon thereafter the contract is awarded, there is time to remove the wreckage before the orcas return. But just barely.
Room 112
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC
Canada
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Living Oceans and its partners would like to acknowledge the participants in this drama who have brought us to this hopeful point.
- B.C.s Environment Minister Barry Penner has been a true listener and advocate
- North Island MLA Claire Trevena has worked quietly behind the scenes in Victoria
- North Island MP Catherine Bell has been vocal in Canada’s Parliament
- Namgis First Nation Chief Bill Cranmer
- Alert Bay Mayor John Rowell
- Port McNeill Mayor Gerry Furney
