XPost: can.politics, van.general   
   From: invalid@invalid.ca   
      
   JM wrote:   
   > pøliticoßoy wrote:   
   >> . . . Setting the pattern for any oil spills that might occur   
   >> in future. Certainly can't rely on the Harper government for   
   >> any help -   
   >> unless it's to close the very Coast Guard stations that   
   >> monitor these types   
   >> of disasters.   
   >> British Columbians were right to fear Enbridge and Kinder   
   >> Morgan.  This was a *new* ship that fouled and contaminated   
   >> Vancouver's beaches.  'Double hulled' be damned.   
   >   
   >   
   > I regret this incident as much as you do. This being said, it   
   > would help to get your facts right.   
   > 1. The /Marathassa/ is a bulk carrier. It came to Vancouver to   
   > load grain at one of the grain elevators in Burrard Inlet,   
   > something that has been done for numerous years. In a previous   
   > post, you mentioned that this ship was a "tanker", i.e. a   
   > vessel built to carry petroleum products. Slight difference.   
   > 2. Here you mention "double hulled". We agree that "double   
   > hulling" will be compulsory for tankers. Do you know for a   
   > fact that this requirement applies to bulk grain carriers   
   > also? Personally, I have not heard anything of the sort.   
      
      
      
   Just noticed, Madame, that your reply had an unannounced "follow up"   
   to can.politics and bc.politics only. I do not subscribe to these two   
   newsgroups. If you want to go on with this conversation, keep   
   van.general in the picture.   
      
   No "follow up".   
      
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