Against Port Expansion

Deltaport Expansions on Roberts Bank, B.C. - Canadian and B.C. Governments' Gateway projects in the Fraser River estuary will pave over farmland, lower the quality of life for thousands of Lower Mainland residents, and destroy globally-significant wildlife habitats.

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January 21, 2009

Goodbye Delta as we know (and like) it? - Vancouver Province

If longtime Richmond councillor and farmland advocate Harold Steves is correct, the municipality of Delta that we know today is as dead as a doornail.

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February 17, 2009
Vancouver port may be left waiting for its ship to come in

Geography, some historians say, is destiny. If so, Vancouver as a West Coast port may be destined for some leaner times.

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February 13, 2009
CONTAINER FORECASTS

Latest Port Container Volumes and Forecasts show there is no need for Robert's Bank Terminal 2...

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December 27, 2008
Premier Misinformed About Port Expansion As published in The Delta Optimist

I'd like to thank the premier for taking the time to provide his thoughts and views about the Delta South riding. Sadly, his staff and certain cabinet ministers have misinformed him when it comes to container ports and port expansion. The facts are that once the third berth expansion at Deltaport is complete, B.C. will have sufficient port capacity for at least the next 12 to 15 years, without any further expansion at Lower Mainland ports.

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Who are we?

APE (Against Port Expansion in Delta) is a group of concerned citizens who recognize that expansion plans for Deltaport's container terminal will see the degradation of the quality of life for thousands of Lower Mainland residents; the industrialization of prime agricultural land; and the loss of globally-significant habitat for salmon, migrating birds and orca whales.

We are a broad-based community group consisting of people from various backgrounds including homemakers, business owners, members of the work force, scientists, and environmental groups. We share the view that serious concerns about port expansions at Deltaport's container terminal have been dissembled or ignored in order to fast-track unjustified expansions.

... preserving a prosperous environment and a healthy existence.