Tell Patrick Weiler to help stop Woodfibre LNG

Woodfibre LNG is a proposed Liquefied ‘Natural’ Gas (aka fracked gas) export project being pushed through in Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), B.C. And right now we have a brand new opportunity to stop it in its tracks.

Woodfibre LNG is pressuring the federal regulator to give it a free pass to expose seals and sea lions to underwater noise louder than repeated shotgun blasts – and this is currently under review.

Not only will this impact the mammals ability to communicate, hunt and breed, it can even lead to permanent hearing loss. Steller sea lions are listed as a species of "Special Concern" under the Species at Risk Act, and have only recently returned to Átl’ḵa7tsem (Howe Sound), a UNESCO Biosphere Region.

Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault will be responsible for the final decision on this project, and Patrick Weiler, the MP for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, could pressure Minister Guilbeault to reject Woodfibre’s demands. But Patrick Weiler won’t act unless he hears from his constituents that this project isn’t in the best interests of the community.

If you live in this riding, will you take a minute to write your MP a personal email and urge him to fight back against Woodfibre LNG?

*Note that Minister Guilbeault will also be cc'ed on your email.

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Patrick

Weiler

Liberal Party of Canada

To Patrick Weiler
Member of Parliament for West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country

I am a constituent in your riding and I am writing today to express my great concern about the proposed changes to the environmental conditions for the Woodfibre LNG export project in Squamish, BC. As my representative in Parliament, I urge you to advocate against the proposed changes which I believe will significantly increase the adverse effects of the project.

Currently, Woodfibre is required to halt activities if sound levels exceed a certain level and marine mammals are within a designated impact area of approximately 7.3km. Woodfibre’s application proposes to differentiate between pinnipeds (like seals and sea lions) and cetaceans (like whales, dolphins, and orcas), and reduce the impact area for pinnipeds from 7,322 metres to just 125 metres.

Decreasing the monitoring and impact area so drastically will most certainly have an adverse impact on species of concern such as Steller sea lions, that have only recently returned to the area, and should not be changed simply because it creates an inconvenience for Woodfibre’s construction plan.

These proposed changes provide no additional benefit for the species themselves, and serve only to benefit Woodfibre by giving it a free pass on its responsibility to reduce harm to marine life. For all these reasons and more, the environmental conditions for Woodfibre LNG should remain in place in order to protect Howe Sound’s critical species.

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