Terminal expansion: significant adverse effects

Terminal expansion will result in significant adverse and cumulative effects on threatened Chinook salmon populations, from the Lower Fraser and South Thompson watershed. Moreover, this construction will pose serious adverse and cumulative effects on the endangered Southern Resident killer whales through the destruction of legally protected critical habitat, reduced prey availability and an increase in underwater noise.These effects cannot be adequately mitigated or offset by measures proposed by the Port of Vancouver. Therefore, the recovery of these species/populations is not compatible with approval of project. The Minister of Environment Canada and Climate Change must reject this project.