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B.C. would struggle to contain oil spill off north coast, research suggests
(www.timescolonist.com)
Not sure if it needs to be said but that's 14 years and 1 pipeline ago and we're still having the same dialogue if not regressing to something even dumber like the Conservatives saying BC should make sacrifices for the good of the country.
Before it failed, a 2012 report from the University of British Columbia’s Fisheries Centre examined several economic futures if the pipeline were to be built.
In a world where no oil tanker spills occurred, Northern Gateway was estimated to provide B.C.’s coastal economy $628 million over 50 years.
But if a tanker ran aground in the Hecate Strait off Prince Rupert, the combined losses from a spill the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster could reach $308 million—erasing nearly half the benefits from the pipeline.