The recent earthquake near Haida Gwaii area (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Island) and tsunami advisory along the BC coast raises some vital questions about tankers amid debate on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

The current Northern Gateway tanker routes would bring oil tankers near the area where the earthquake and small tsunami waves hit off the BC coast.

Given the location, what would have happened if a large oil tanker carrying bitumen oil was in the area at the time that the earthquake struck?

"I'm sure Enbridge and Kinder Morgan were, like many of us last night, thinking about the connection between earthquakes, tsunamis and the dangers of transporting bitumen through our coastal waters," Wilderness Committee campaigner Ben West said.

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