Industry Funding for Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness Response

WHEREAS programs such as the Pacific Gateway initiative are expanding transportation networks and port facilities to increase capacity for shipment of goods to Asian and other Pacific Rim markets; AND WHEREAS shipping traffic is increasing, resulting in increased risk of oil and hazardous material spills, and the BC Ministry of Environment continues to have very limited funding and staff for spill prevention, preparedness, response and recovery activities: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM encourage the Province to secure on-going revenue from industry for a sustained increase in provincial spill prevention, preparedness, mitigation and response resources and for a permanent BC spill response fund.