Green Party leader Elizabeth May claims it is safer to move bitumen by rail than through pipelines. She has mentioned this in the House of Commons, written about it in her blog, and told reporters.
Elizabeth May: “In a marine environment, diluted bitumen is impossible to clean up.”
Michael Lowry (Western Canada Marine Response Corporation): “The biggest spill we’ve ever cleaned up was a diluted bitumen spill.”
Elizabeth May: “It wasn’t dilbit.”
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