Late Item - 9.10 Western Canada Marine Response invitation correspondence

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From: Michael Lowry <MichaelL@wcmrc.com>  
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2021 11:08 AM 
To: Clare Frater <cfrater@islandstrust.bc.ca> 
Cc: Russ Hotsenpiller <rhotsenpiller@islandstrust.bc.ca>; Vicki Swan <vswan@islandstrust.bc.ca>; 
Galiano Planner <galianoplanner@islandstrust.bc.ca>; northinfo <northinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca> 
Subject: Invitation to Participate on Spill Response Exercise Canoe Islet: May 18-19 
 
Hello Clare, 
 
I am not sure if you are still the best contact to discuss upcoming spill response exercises, but I 
wanted to let you know of an upcoming exercise for Canoe Islet. The Canadian Coast Guard, 
Western Canada Marine Response, and Seaspan are hosting an oil spill response exercise for a 
spill scenario around Porlier Pass. The exercise will take place on May 18 & 19
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The  exercise  titled Canoe  Islet has  been  designed  to  maintain  WCMRC’s  Transport  Canada 
certification. The exercise will be a combination of WCMRC’s annual 1,000-tonne tabletop, and 
the 2,500-tonne on-water deployment exercise and exercising a Notification Drill for the Strait of 
Georgia Area Plan. This full-scale exercise will combine an on-water drill and a virtual Incident 
Command  Post  (ICP)  considering  all  COVID-19  precautions.  In  order  to  ensure  the  safety  of 
participants, the ICP will not only be virtual, but some aspects of a spill response will be conducted 
via a series of workshops.   
 
If Islands Trust is interested in participating in the exercise, there are a number of areas that might 
make  sense  (Joint  information  Centre,  Environmental  Unit).  I  would  be  happy  to  arrange  a 
call/meeting to discuss this in more details.  
 
Cheers, 
Michael 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
 
Michael Lowry  
Manager, Communications 
T     (604) 293-3380 Head Office 
C     778-991-0003 206-3500 Gilmore Way 
W    wcmrc.com Burnaby, B.C. V5G 0B8

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