Regional District of Nanaimo supports LNG tanker ban

At its meeting of August 26, 2008, the Board of the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) passed a resolution in support of a ban on LNG tankers in Georgia Strait, Haro Strait, and Boundary Pass.

The resolution was introduced by Nanaimo councillor Diane Brennan, and followed a delegation consisting of Deborah Conner, chair of the Alliance to Stop LNG and Executive Director of Georgia Strait Alliance, and Rob McWilliam, a director of Texada Action Now.

The RDN joins a growing list of regional districts which along with the Islands Trust have thrown their support behind a resolution initially passed in May 2008 by the Powell River Regional District, and put on the docket for the annual convention of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) which meets in Penticton on September 22.

the Powell River Regional District (UBCM resolutions, May 2008)

the Capital Regional District (both resolutions, Aug 2008),

the Islands Trust (both resolutions, Jun 2008),

the Regional District of Nanaimo (LNG tanker ban, Aug 2008),

the Comox Valley Regional District (LNG tanker ban, Aug 2008),

the former Comox-Strathcona Regional District (GHG ban, 2007)