Webinar

Through Orca’s Eyes: Impacts of oil tankers on the B.C. coast

April 2026

Join Sierra Club BC for a panel discussion about the impact of increased tanker traffic on the B.C. coast and why continuing to invest in fossil fuel projects that threaten the coast are bad for the environment, orca populations, local ecosystems and our economy.

Our panel was hosted by Sierra Club BC Campaigns Director Shelley Luce and featured:

Rueben George (Manager of Sacred Trust Tsleil Waututh Nation), who will share insights on how the TMX pipeline terminal is impacting Southern Resident Orcas, the coastal and marine restoration projects Tsleil-Waututh Nation has been undertaking, and the impacts the proposed dredging of Burrard Inlet might bring to these fragile ecosystems.
Karen Wristen (Executive Director at Living Oceans Society), who will speak about oil spill recovery preparedness on the North Coast, where a proposed oil pipeline would require a repeal of the North Coast Tanker Ban, as well as oil spill impacts on orca and herring.

Explore resources from the webinar

You can use our action centre to email B.C. Liberal MPs as well as Prime Minister Carney and ask them to uphold the oil tanker ban and protect our coast.
If you live in a riding held by a Liberal MP, call, write and ask for a meeting. It may take a few tries but you can make a huge difference if you’re in one of these ridings! Get in touch with us at davidq@sierraclub.bc.ca or flossie@sierraclub.bc.ca for support on contacting your member of parliament.
Join our email list for updates on the Burrard Inlet dredging.
You can also champion a city council motion defending the Oil Tanker Ban. People like you have brought a motion we drafted to their city councils and it’s gaining momentum.
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