It is amazing how oil is transported through very busy ports every day worldwide without many problems. But Canadians, on the west coast only, are incapable of this it seems.

How about all that oil shipped to the east coast and up the St Lawrence? Maybe we should stop that too because we are obviously incapable of doing this safely. What about the fact that oil tankers have plied the waters of Burrard Inlet for many decades without a problem? Should we shut Prince Rupert as a port because Hecate Straight is dangerous?

All of a sudden, oil tanker traffic increasing to once a day from once a week will push the port past the breaking point. I don't think so. Many more oil tankers travel just south of Vancouver/ Victoria to US refineries - again no problems.

The axing of the Northern Gateway was an obvious political compromise by the Trudeau government, but they are wrong if they think this has given them any political currency with BC environuts and their NDP/Green lackeys.