Big resource Giveaways fo Japan loom . marge Scale increase in the ex- aa i Of coal and other raw oe €rials from B.C. to Japan as Rea cated last week when ce; Japan’s leading industrial- : . Visited Vancouver. ie eee president of the etged Ishi Canada Limited, a he Japanese monopoly, told Canag eneeting Institute of Ta Be annual meeting that c Pan’s steel industry no “Saas Canadian coal as plementary source ee by government sub- 5 at now considers it as contracts Source for long term shine Pointed out that coal Sr, “ae to Japan will soar Sian present one million tons in the y to about 12 million tons of ies two years. A big part Pans. will come from the Kaiser ation in the Crows Nest. By : ead will be providing with eee steel monopolies = sues percent of its coal Percent iE ee with only 2.8 Peens hungry monopoly >a Steel industry is appetit ing rapidly and_ its ts 2 e for B.C. coal and iron “of Res no limites. Indicative Bai 1s the fact that in 1962 of a 23 million tons es and 12 million tons of pig . million. 1968 it had risen to 68 milli tons of steel and 48 10n tons of pig iron. a Japan” will be steel ae 111.6 million tons of a # 89.6 million tons of pig Ass a will need 71 million tons ae of coking coal to meet See sion in 1973, but its million ¢ supply is only 10 by.1973 eens; which means that Sat apan will have to import ch lon tons of coking coal : year to satisfy its needs. “ee indicated that Japan ome 5 4 get a major part of it Borin: and Alberta. He said a % fh Consideration for Japan stable Canada is a politically inevit country and, as such, it is see that Japan will look ‘Velop ata not only for future de- cnt ents in coal but for other _~—Modities as well.”” pee RESOURCES, pg. 12 [LLL LAU LUMO EB FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1969 | THREATENS B.C & CE RUPERT 8 FPR . - Ss SA x (E> “oeet eae Charlotte Islands & aviv oNed sees fe ay ’ tes Where danger exists Map above shows where major foreign oil companies are estab- lishing test wells and carrying on exploration. Shell Oil have Ils off Long Beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Pan American Petroleum has also set up test wells ‘between the Queen Charlotte Islands and the coast. Last week Gulf Oil was granted over one million acres in Georgia Strait be- tween Saturna Island and Campbell River for exploration. VOL. 30, NO. 38 ’ pability Tribune al 10¢ Exploration could bring catastrophe BY MAURICE RUSH Oil exploration by major foreign monopolies off the B.C. coast has reached such giant proportions that a catastrophe similar to the one which struck Santa Barbara, California early this year could hit the main- land coast, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island or the Queen Queen Charlottes. The announcement last week that the federal and provincial governments have given Gulf Qil permission to carry on exploratory work for gas and oil over more than one million acres in Georgia’ Strait, between Saturna Island and Campbell River, has once again raised public concern over ‘the dangers of oil pollution in coastal waters. Last January an oil leak on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, off Santa Barbara, California spread oil over a 900 square mile area, polluting large sections of the California coast and destroy- ing much marine and game life. The disaster, in California brought warnings in April from prominent British Columbians concerned with the announce- ment at that time that Shell Oil was drilling 14 test wells off the west coast of Vancouver Is- land, some quite close to Long Beach which was recently set aside as part of a 65-mile marine park. Among those who warned that oil drilling off the coast could trigger a disaster were Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan, a University of B.C. ecologist; Roderick Haig- Brown, Campbell River con- servationist and author; Howard Paish, executive di- rector of the B.C. Wildlife Federation; and Dr. Murray Newman, Vancouver Public Aquarium director. Dr. Newman said at the time that the ‘the oil companies are playing with enormous quantities of oil with fantastic ca- to destroy wildlife.” He said companies should not be allowed to drill unless they can demonstrate they have taken every possible precaution to prevent a leak. Haig-Brown warned in April that, ‘‘we can’t afford not to be concerned with pollution. Our future depends on what we do about it now’’.. ..‘We must have some kind of control over the threat of oil and air pollution which is hovering over our heads.” : Gulf Oil is the latest of the major foreign oil monopolies to be granted permission to con- duct exploratory activities off “the B.C. coast. Both the federal “and provincial governments approved last week's decision, | Once Ottawa gave the clearance the Social Credit government cabinet ordered approval on the application which has been before the cabinet for some time. Very sharp competition is de- veloping between major world oil monopolies for control of new sources of oil. It is expected that vast resources of both oil and natural gas lie off the B.C. coast and these monopolies are anxious to get their hands on it. Huge amounts of money have already been spent to get in on the ground floor. First to enter the race ona big scale was Shell Oil which is carrying on exploration work off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Pan American Petro- leum Corporation is carrying on exploratory work with leases of about 400,000 acres around the Queen Charlotte Islands. Great secrecy has surrounded the re- sults of their exploration. Now Gulf Oil (formerly BA Oil Co.,) has entered the race with its more than one million acres in the Gulf Islands. This latest ex- pansion of the area of explora- tion into Georgia Strait is of great public concern. Until now the exploration was carried on in coastal waters far from centres of population. Unlike these areas, Georgia Strait is close to densely populated areas, is an extremely im- portant and heavily used shipping lane, and is one of the most widely used recreational areas in B.C. The world knows already, from disasters which have taken place elsewhere. what can See POLLUTION, PG. 12 IN MONO IN ee ee pas tony an na