Events and Outings

“It was incredible – you should have come!” That’s what I told my roommates when I returned to our home in Victoria on Sunday, after an inspiring Saturday at the No Tankers rally in Comox. I went there to join concerned citizens from across western BC – which included a busload from Victoria, and outstanding representation from our Sierra local groups on Quadra Island, in Powell River and Comox.

B.C.’s coastal waters are stunning in their beauty and richness. More than 45,000 coastal jobs, from First Nations fishing boats off Haida Gwaii to a burgeoning eco-tourism sector, depend on this unspoiled natural bounty.

If the China-backed Enbridge pipeline goes ahead, oil tankers will carry tar sands crude through the narrow, reef-studded channels and inlets of the Great Bear Rainforest. Take Action to stop tankers on B.C.'s north coast.

I’ve been called some interesting things since I started working for Sierra Club B.C. five years ago. An eco-fascist, for starters. That unfortunate barb was from B.C. Liberal MLA Bill Bennett, who said that we were “eco-facists” (his spelling) who wanted to paint the province our favourite colour—green.