#% The public consultation process failed dismally. The
report suggests no role for the public, for its municipal
representatives nor, indeed, for the Province of British Columbia

in decisions affecting the health and safety of BC's coastal
communities and coastal environment.

It is difficult not to regard the Port of Vancouver's study
aS a public relations exercise. This is a harsh conclusion, but
we believe it is justified by a detailed reading of the report.

Following, please find responses to the Port's study by Call
for Inguiry and by Mr. Michael Akey.

November 28, 1991.

To: The Part of Vancouver
From: Call for Inquiry

Response te The Port of Vancouver's Tanker Risk Analysis

Introduction

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on your tanker risk
analysis. We apologize for writing to you at the lith hour.
lease bear in mind that we only received the full, approximately
700 page report in mid-September, and without staff, we have
responded as soon as we could. We also regret that our reading
and our comments cannot be more thorough.

Nonetheless we welcome the opportunity to see the report
and respond to it as a representative public voice. While we do
not pretend to speak on behalf of the public, we believe that our

voice echoes the public concern.

We are. certainly pleased that the Port has undertaken this
study. We are, in many cases, whole-heartedly supportive of the
recommendations. . Unfortunately, our limited resources. force us
to address only the areas where we have criticism or concern ~~
thereby neglecting other areas where we could, and perhaps
should, express support for the study. This does not negate
support for many recommendations and our hope that they will
be implemented.

The critical tone in some of the following remarks does not
stem from a desire to "stop all tanker traffic", an accusation we
have heard levelled at public interest groups who address this
issue. In fact we are motivated by genuine concern fer the
health of BC's coastal environment, a value we hope we share with
the Port of Vancouver. We would be. happy to work with the Port.
to bring about policies and practices that maintain 4 safe and

healthy coastal environment. —
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