![]() ![]() In addition to pipelines, DilBit is also being transported by rail. These "Unconventional Oil" products, which now includes Light Bakken Crude along with DilBit, are extremely explosive, and are solely for export. Our goal is to motivate all city councillors to support a motion at city hall to outlaw the transport of these hazardous materials across our city. In December 2014, Toronto's new mayor John Tory said "we should … stop movement of toxic and dangerous substances through the city." We will supply resources, materials, and training, and connect you with others across the city. We invite you and your neighbours to create a Community Action Group (CAG) to inform people in your Ward about Line 9 and what can be done to keep DilBit out of our city. (The Map on this site shows more detailed locations.) ![]() The route of Line 9 through Toronto has been marked (as shown) on sidewalks at all streets where the line crosses the city. And from the time it was announced, it has become a threat to local property values. Not only can this toxic and corrosive mixture spread through the soil to threaten property and the water tables it also crosses all rivers leading to Lake Ontario - the source of our drinking water. In addition to the extensive damage to the environment caused by the Albera Tar Sands, the transport of the raw material ("super-hot sandpaper") is far more susceptible to pipeline breaks and damaging spills (see PHSHA). “… local governments, being the closest to the people, should be empowered to exceed, not lower, national norms.” - Supreme Court of CanadaĮnbridge has completed the process of reversing the direction of its pipeline (Line 9) between Sarnia and Montreal in order to transport their Tar Sands (Diluted Bitumen) from Alberta to east coast ports for shipment around the world.įollowing the approval by the National Energy Board in 2014, and beginning in December, 2015, this has allowed Diltued Bitumen to travel through Line 9, just north of Finch Ave. ![]()
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