⚠️ LOOK — A U.S. COMPANY IS TAKING OVER OUR REFINERY! ⚠️

 ⚠️ LOOK — A U.S. COMPANY IS TAKING OVER OUR REFINERY! ⚠️

Vancouver, WAKE UP.
After decades of fighting spills, protests, and tankers in Burrard Inlet, after saying NO to Kinder Morgan, after trusting our government to protect us — now a foreign oil company is taking over the Burnaby refinery.

Do you understand what this means?

• Foreign control over our fuel infrastructure
• More tankers through our waters
• Less accountability if something goes wrong
• The same old playbook: pay fines, shrug, move on

💔 This is not some abstract risk.
It’s our coast, our kids, our Tsleil-Waututh neighbours, our city.

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🧾 10 TIMES AMERICA IGNORED THE WARNINGS — AND IT COST COMMUNITIES DEARLY

These disasters didn’t start as catastrophes — they started as small spills, mismanagement, and greed. Sound familiar?

1. Love Canal, NY – Toxic chemicals buried under homes poisoned generations.
2. Flint, MI – Lead-contaminated water, ignored by officials, hurt thousands of children.
3. Exxon Valdez, AK – 11 million gallons of oil devastated marine life and Indigenous livelihoods.
4. Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico – The largest marine oil spill in history.
5. Three Mile Island, PA – Nuclear meltdown exposed weaknesses in oversight.
6. Times Beach, MO – Dioxin contamination destroyed a town.
7. PFOA Contamination, WV – Corporate pollution poisoned water for decades.
8. Camp Lejeune, NC – Marines and families exposed to toxic water for decades.
9. East Palestine Train Derailment, OH – Hazardous chemicals released, soil and water contaminated.
10. Santa Barbara Oil Spill, CA – Millions of gallons of oil killed wildlife, sparked the environmental movement.

💡 Lesson: Corporations will cut corners. Governments will delay. Communities will be sacrificed. And when disaster strikes, it’s already too late.

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🌊 WHY THIS IS HUGE FOR VANCOUVER

• We have already seen spills and near misses.
• 30 tankers a month are moving through our inlet — and now foreign ownership could mean more risk, less oversight.
• History shows: fines are cheaper than safety, and oil companies will pay to pollute rather than protect our community.
• This isn’t just about oil — it’s about health, tourism, property, Indigenous sovereignty, and our kids’ futures.

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✊ WHAT WE MUST DO

This is not a “sit back and hope” moment.
Everyone has a role — grassroots, ordinary residents, bigwigs, investors, media:

1. Grassroots: Share, protest, talk to your neighbours, demand action.
2. Bigwigs / Investors: Pull your money. Divest. Don’t fund destruction in your own city.
3. Politicians / Government: Hear the people, enforce real oversight, respect Indigenous rights.
4. Media: Stop sugarcoating, stop downplaying — tell the full story.

💬 Vancouver, this is our moment to act — not later, not politely, not quietly.

If we do nothing, we say goodbye to:

• Clean water
• Healthy communities
• Tourism
• The very future of our children

🌿 Oil hates green.
We like green.
Vancouver — protect what you love. ACT NOW.

#VancouverWakeUp #StopTheSale #ProtectBurrardInlet #LoveCanalNeverAgain #EnvironmentalJustice #DivestFromDestruction

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