Webinar

Busting the business case of a North Coast oil pipeline

November 26, 2025

Six years ago, after decades of advocacy from First Nations and coastal communities, the federal government banned oil tankers on the North Coast of B.C. The oil tanker ban protects an abundance of whales, fish, birds and plants, important cultural sites, and thousands of local jobs and businesses. It also guarantees that no oil pipelines can be built to B.C.’s North Coast.

Now, this legislation finds itself front and centre with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pushing for a new oil pipeline to B.C.’s North Coast. But are Canadians prepared to repeal the oil tanker ban and spend billions of taxpayer dollars on this massive project? Join us for a conversation-style webinar where we will challenge the business case of a North Coast pipeline.

Explore resources from the webinar

You can use our action centre to email B.C. Liberal MPs as well as Prime Minister Carney and ask them to uphold the oil tanker ban and protect our coast.
If you live in a riding held by a Liberal MP, call, write and ask for a meeting. It may take a few tries but you can make a huge difference if you’re in one of these ridings! Get in touch with us at davidq@sierraclub.bc.ca or flossie@sierraclub.bc.ca for support on contacting your member of parliament.
An article published in ChekNews described the amount of pressure Liberal MPs are facing from voters about the pipeline. Let’s keep the pressure up!
You can also champion a city council motion defending the Oil Tanker Ban. People like you have brought a motion we drafted to their city councils and it’s gaining momentum.
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Meet the Speakers

Andy Hira

Andy Hira is a professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. His focus is on economic competitiveness studies, with an emphasis on industrial, technology, and energy policy. I am particularly interested in the developing world. More recently, he has been examining how to promote renewable energy and labour rights in the developing world.

Douglas Neasloss

Douglas Neasloss is the visionary elected chief of the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation, and the director of the Nation’s Stewardship Authority. Doug has been at the center of it all when it comes to developing ecotourism in his traditional territory, and ending trophy hunting of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Grace Nosek

Grace Nosek is a legal scholar focusing on climate misinformation, protest, and democracy, as well as a long-time community organizer. She is also the founder and past-student director of the UBC Climate Hub. Her climate emergency work has already resulted in three published novels: the hopeful climate fantasy series Ava of the Gaia trilogy.