23 Canadian Coast Guard's Evolution to ICS and Unified Command (UC): A Pipe Dream or Nightmare?

Welcome to an explanation by EnviroEmerg Consulting about the Memorandum of Understanding to Explore the Development of a Second Unconventional Crude Oil Pipeline from Alberta’s Oil Sands to British Columbia’s Tidewater – titled “Is it a Pipe Dream or a Nightmare?” This podcast is drawn from a comprehensive report by EnviroEmerg Consulting that highlights the technical and institutional challenges of responding to a tanker casualty and a major spill of unconventional crude – called dilbit - on Canada’s West Coast. Explains two topics related to the federal government’s institutional approach to vessel casualties and oil spills, including the history and evolution of the Canadian Coast Guard’s role as the designated lead federal agency for incident management and spill response. REPORT’S SECTIONS: History of CCG Evolution in Spill Management and Response and Federal Adoptions of the Incident Command System for Spills. Report written by Stafford Reid and available at: EnviroEmerg.ca