Keywords
Oil pollution of the sea--Law and legislation; Canada
Document Type
Article
Abstract
A series of dramatic oil spills in recent years has once again drawn critical attention to the nature and adequacy of existing domestic and international legislation regarding ship source oil pollution. Predictably, legislators and policy makers have responded with a plethora of studies, reviews, and consultations. However, past improvements to the domestic and international regimes have traditionally been slow and incremental, at best. In Canada, approximately three years have passed since the Nestucca spill took place off the B.C. coast. Yet, while there has been much discussion, domestic legislation remains virtually unaltered at the present time. The authors find that the status quo must be changed substantially, in order for real and significant improvement in marine environmental protection to be achieved. Mere "tinkering" with the existing regime has proved to be largely ineffective.
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Citation Information
Hawkes, Suzanne and M'Gonigle, Michael.
"A Black (and Rising?) Tide: Controlling Maritime Oil Pollution in Canada."
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
30.1 (1992)
: 165-260.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.1732
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol30/iss1/4