A8 - Tha Terrace. Standard, Wednesday, December 8, 2004

MP, minister tangle | ie
~ over offshore oil repc

~ By J EF F NAGEL

A NEW federal: report, that, 1

found major public. opposi- :

tion fo'offshore oil: drilling :

should be: enough for- ‘Ole,

tawa ‘to abandon: the idea of -

lifting the existing morato-  -

rium, Skeena-Bulkley” NDP

MP Nathan Cullen says; >‘:

_ _ The report-led by: ‘Roland

_ Priddle’ fotind::75 per cent -”
(of the nearly.’3,700/submis--
sions to. the. federal panel:
opposed lifting the existing
moratorium, - =

“ICs -a, pret stiong., Te-

port,” ‘Cullen’ Said.- “From |. a

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speech i in 1 which! they provin-
~ cial: government’ vowed. to. |)
“have a safe offsiiore oil and.
gas industty up and. tuning _
by-2010. a
We never said there’ d be
production off the west coast
; by 2010,” ‘Neufeld said.:
-Heawon'tputa targel date -
on whet he thinks:the mora: :
- torium could be lifted: :
= But-he said: the environ.”
‘Mental: assessment process”
~ can be ‘concluded swiftly if |:
“there's political will; ;
"Ifthe federal ‘govern. oe
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shouldn't Worry: about the - eGotdinate efforts by. Victo- ..
technology. it’s: really. ims- ria and~ Ottawa to’ assemble’
‘proved.,”? Cutlen said,” “othe necessary information to-
oeHe” pressed. federal’ natu: decide on lifting the ban...
ral : resources minister: John: 3: °,He also distanced himself ;
‘Efford. to.put an. end’ to the. ‘from previous commitments; °

Ber ‘in ‘the: 2003 ‘throne, ;

- Offstiore - “Grilling ae |
“ponents say. potential. ‘Oik
“and: gas: reserves - could:top © |
*a:value'of more than $100 ~.|'-
‘billion;: providing jobs and”.
government : revenues for’ ae

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right.”

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attcmpt to weigh: submis:
- sions,” instead, ;'.counting:
groups’ with® thousands’ of
“members: - like» “the - BiG.

“Will? the » ‘minister eye a
f to the. people of : B.C;
-eivi

“tment or. say yes: to Gordon -
Campbell" s ‘dangerous: pipe.
dream," Cullen: asked ina.”
ecent’: Parliamentary. ques-
lion period... ae
“AL this ‘point in itine we #
“will-not say ‘yes or io,” Ef
ford replied.; adding he will’.
study :the-new-reports and °
‘consult: wilh. the Provincial.
‘government: « 7
"Then we ‘will make.rec!.
“TU was a. very disappointing, ‘ommendations, -but not intil ;
report.’ wo We “have ‘done’ a poy ane |

review.“and. everybody - une.

“To. be. perfectly. ‘4 hon- =~ :
est, if we hadn't had: to” deal S derstands. the reports. very oS

with this Fiddle: stuff -and-
the federal . vernment. ; 30>.
ing off on.their ‘wit; we'd
‘be: further: down’ the “track”
today," he added,
_ o “They? ve: “aken- ye
and-a half_or. bvo, years: out,

Provincial”: “energy. “min

‘ister Richard "Neufeld: ex
pressed ‘disappointment,

pe saying he hai hoped: Priddl
7 Would make more decisive.
recommendations, . _

“He brought fo { ptions,

which; to be perfectly frank,

{ could have written out fo:

him.in 10 minutes’ ‘before’ h

even started,”. Neufeld. said

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Cullen, ‘called, the answer a
“absolutely. pathetic” * and...

*h dg t detect much
appelite-in Ottawa lo pursue:
li ifting the ‘drilling Morato-

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“on: former: “prim. einiste

~ Jean Chretien, adding he’s

optimistic Paul. Martin «and.”

his: cabinet. are: willing “to

‘work more expeditiously, -.

Other critics of. the: Prid- :

dle Report ‘said ‘it-came’ out

in favour: of: continuing thi

_ moratorium based ‘on receiv- o

_ ing more. submissions from..

._.. those’ -opposed to, ‘drilling ©

, ihan from those in favour,

ye "Cullen. called. the ‘prov-.

/-ince’s altempts to discredit

, the’ Priddle eport ‘unfortu-..

nate.” : os

- He. said‘-an, oil. spill off “4d.
Newfoundland.) ‘provides: “]

_ more evidende:that thé off,”

shore. industry is not: ‘as. safe ¢

as proponenis claim...

Roughly - 1,000 barrels of

oil spilled, al a Petro. Canada:

offshore. oil -platform ‘south-»

cast -of. St. John’s Noy.-24":

when:: machinery ~ failed: 10°

separate’ Gil and \vaior.’pra

duced at the field's: welll

_ Although: it's: Jess” than

half. of one percent: ‘of th

amount of oil spilled by “the:

Exxon Valdez - in: Alaska,

scientists: say thousands: of:

sca birds could become oiled 2

and die. ee

“T he’ mechanical. failure

that happened in Newfound-]"-

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