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Tar Sands Pipelines and Tankers

Provides a summary of the Freedom of Information and Access to Information results we have received on the topic of tar sands pipelines and tankers in British Columbia

You can download raw results on this topic by clicking on the date received. You can also view the Freedom of Information and Access to Information requests we have pending on this topic (coming soon).

 

Date Received
Public Body, Processing Time
Topic
Notes
February 2009
BC Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources
236 Days
The 'Energy Corridor' concept being proposed by the province to facilitate pipelines between Alberta and the coast Intend to file complaint due to inappropriate redactions
February 2009
BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
231 Days
The 'Energy Corridor' concept being proposed by the province to facilitate pipelines between Alberta and the coast



Transport Canada

 92 Days

The 2006 re-designation of an ammonia/methanol terminal in Kitimat, BC as an 'oil-handling facility' to allow for the tanker import of petroleum condensate, to be shipped to Alberta's Tar Sands
Several copyrighted maps were excluded from the records - these will be made available by TC in early 2009
May 2008
Environment Canada
317 Days
The moratorium on oil tanker traffic through BC's north coast A complaint is pending with Canada's Information Commissioner due to unreasonable exclusions
February 2008
Privy Council
224 Days
The moratorium on oil tanker traffic through BC's north coast
A complaint is pending with Canada's Information Commissioner due to the irrelevance of the documents and heavy exclusion of records
November 2007
Natural Resources Canada
129 Days
The moratorium on oil tanker traffic through BC's north coast
October 2007
Transport Canada
100 Days
The moratorium on oil tanker traffic through BC's north coast
July 2007
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
22 Days
The moratorium on oil tanker traffic through BC's north coast DFO claimed no records, which contradicts this slide with a DFO label that refers to the moratorium. A complaint is pending
August 2005 BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Enbridge Gateway Pipeline project and the 1972 Moratorium on foreign tanker traffic into Kitimat