Margot McMillan

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  www.peninsulanewsreview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/29/2007    Last Visited: 8/30/2007  

  Margot McMillan, staff counsel with West Coast Environmental Law, said that a proposed liquefied natural gas-fired power plant on Texada Island could mean tankers carrying large volumes of hazardous gas through the Straits.
  
  She said the standard for a cleanup to be deemed ‘successful' is too low, at just 15 per cent of material spilled.
  
  "It begs the question of whether we can ever really clean something up once it's reached the water," she said.

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  Published on: 8/29/2007    Last Visited: 8/30/2007  

  Margot McMillan, staff counsel with West Coast Environmental Law, said that a proposed liquefied natural gas-fired power plant on Texada Island could mean tankers carrying large volumes of hazardous gas through the Straits.
  
  She says the standard for a cleanup to be deemed ‘successful' is too low, at just 15 per cent of material spilled.
  
  "It begs the question of whether we can ever really clean something up once it's reached the water," she said.

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  Published on: 11/1/2007    Last Visited: 11/18/2007  

  "As it stands, there isn't a piece of paper that says the moratorium exists, but since 1972 it's been respected by all provincial and federal governments except the current one," said Margot McMillan, an oil and gas lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law.
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  All of a sudden condensate tankers started pulling into the Methanex port," said McMillan. "Condensate is very similar to crude oil, not methanol, yet it just slipped in with no separate environment impact assessment and no public consultation." McMillan says none of the advocating organizations or individuals have been able to get a clear answer from government as to why the usual process was by-passed. According to the government's legal duties to First Nations, the Crown has a duty to consult and accommodate First Nations in any actions that could negatively impact their Aboriginal Title and Rights, which McMillan and others believe the current government has circumvented."If there's not a legal duty for government, there's certainly a moral obligation to be transparent," she said.

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  Published on: 2/1/2008    Last Visited: 3/15/2008  

  Margot McMillan, staff counsel at West Coast Environmental Law brought Ahtuangaruak to Haida Gwaii and Prince Rupert so locals could talk directly with someone who has lived with the impacts of oil and gas development.
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  McMillan calls Lunn's response a sleight of hand because of the strange fact that no one has found an order in council or a piece of paper documenting that it exists."Clearly the intent was there and the government has operated on that intent for the last 30 years," says McMillan who, along with others, has prepared a five-page list of parliamentary and other sources referring to the moratorium.

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  Published on: 2/16/2007    Last Visited: 3/14/2007  

  "The Throne Speech was a great first step and needs to be followed up by making our greenhouse gas reduction targets legally-binding," said Margot McMillan, Staff Counsel at West Coast Environmental Law.
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  Margot McMillan, Staff Counsel at 604-684-7378 ext 208 or 1 800 330-WCEL toll-free.

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  Published on: 8/9/2007    Last Visited: 8/9/2007  

  Margot McMillan, West Coast Environmental Law spokeswoman, called Texada a bad location for the plant, since it would put 300-metre tankers in "narrow straits."
  
  In some U.S. waters, boaters must keep more than three kilometres back from moving LNG ships and 1.5 km away from the front and sides.That could interfere with cruise ships, fishing and pleasure boat traffic, McMillan said.

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  Published on: 10/30/2007    Last Visited: 10/30/2007  

  Submitted by Margot McMillan, Staff Counsel, West Coast Environmental Law

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  Published on: 10/13/2008    Last Visited: 5/7/2007  

  Margot McMillan, staff counsel with the environmental group, said the joint environmental review should be cancelled.Enbridge's call for a delay is like asking for a free pass to make sure they keep their place in the regulatory queue if and when they decide to proceed, said McMillan."The NEB and CEAA should not allow this type of special treatment," she said.

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  www.dogwoodinitiative.org/newsstories/oilspillaharbinge - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/13/2008    Last Visited: 9/15/2007  

  By Margot McMillan and Andrew Gage
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  Margot McMillan and Andrew Gage are staff lawyers with West Coast Environmental Law.

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  BC Government rhetoric doesn’t match California’s... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/13/2008    Last Visited: 3/31/2008  

  Margot McMillan, Staff Counsel - West Coast Environmental LawTel: 604-220-2520 Email: margot mcmillan@wcel.org
  
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