Countering the Spin Doctor

Quiet Canines Podcast · Jul 5, 2026 · 1m

The Coast Is The Argument

The tanker ban is a law built from 50 years of coastal protection, First Nations leadership, local opposition, federal policy and environmental risk. It protects Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound and Haida Gwaii from large crude oil tankers. That coast carries salmon, whales, seabirds, fisheries, tourism, Indigenous law and local economies that depend on clean water. A major spill in those waters would threaten food systems, marine life, cultural practice, coastal jobs and the public trust that governments owe to people who live beside the risk…