Where ? I would highly doubt that even the frogs at Enviroment Canada are stupid enough to allow dumping in the inside passage .
Cruise ships follow TOUGHER Yankee environmental laws thus they SAVE waste water while in Alaskan waters and then
they DUMP THEIR WASTE in handy and laxly regulated Cdn waters!
But no - there is no reason to look for cruise ships dumping offshore from Nanaimo or Salt Spring!
Cruise ships also tend NOT to want their passengers who are sight seeing on deck to spot a huge STINKY PLUME
of waste water billowing out behind the ship! So dumping IN CDN WATERS LATE AT NIGHT and preferably IN DEEP WATERS
far offshore is PREFERRED!
Here is yet another article illustrating how empty are all LIE-beral promises and concerns about the environment. With some comments of my own in brackets):
From Cdn Press. August 26, 2018
Concerns grow about grey water in Canada's Arctic
INUVIK, N.W.T. - A traditional hunter in the Northwest Territories says he used to welcome the cruise ships coming into the Beaufort Sea in Canada's Arctic.
But Hans Lennie from Inuvik says that's changing.
"Not as much now. Now that we've got all the facts," said Lennie, who also sits on the Inuvialuit Game Council, which manages wildlife and wildlife habitat in the region.
Some of his concerns are highlighted in a new report about untreated grey water being dumped by ships passing through.
The study commissioned by World Wildlife Fund Canada said the amount of grey water — drainage from sinks, laundry machines, bath tubs, shower stalls or dishwashers — could double by 2035 if laws aren't improved.
(OH but LIE-berals who SCORN increased ship traffic off the B.C. coast - are JUST FINE with sloppy cruise ships that bring tourists and part time employment and filth to native communities! Has any LIE-beral calculated how much exhaust gas can be emitted by a 20,000 ton DIESEL POWERED TOURIST SHIP? Want to bet that is ANOTHER item LIE-berals DO NOT care about- aside from the grey water? Gravy trumps environment every time for LIE-berals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
"It's pretty alarming," said Melissa Nacke of the wildlife conservation group. "These concentration areas are overlapping with important species habitat and important cultural areas."
The number of ships travelling in northern waters is expected to increase as climate change melts sea ice. The study suggests tourism will be the biggest source of grey water dumping by 2035.
"If you think of shower or laundry water, it contains detergent and soaps and shampoos," said Nacke. "It also has really high levels of nutrients ... and can have things like oil and grease. It can have metals, food particles and, because of the laundry, it can also have microplastics."
(And gosh! Isnt our LIE-beral Environment minister “Climate Barbie McKenna allegedly FRETTING over the amount of microplastics in the ocean? NO doubt Climate Barbie would support any solution - that does not result in Cdn LIE-berals having to pay more or do the heavy cleaning up?)
Nacke said those materials can contaminate shellfish and cause large algae blooms that create dead zones in the ocean.
The report noted that could have repercussions for food security in northern communities — a conclusion that only adds to Lennie's concerns.
"It's totally detrimental," said Lennie. "These ships, their grey water is all their cleaning material. That's pretty toxic stuff.
"It's a nurturing grounds. All the marine life. All the invertebrates that the whales feed on. It involves the waterfowl too. It definitely has an impact on the food chain."
(And unemployed natives need all the cheap, healthy food sources they can find!)
Both the report and locals like Lennie say federal and international regulations are necessary.
"We need something. Right now we have nothing," he said. "Anything we do is better than nothing."
Lennie said the Inuvialuit Game Council has been meeting with the federal government.
Officials with Transport Canada said they are reviewing the report.
"Canada regulates shipping within Canadian Arctic waters," said an emailed statement from the department. "The regulations address many aspects of Arctic shipping, including requirements for vessel construction and operation, training of crew members, the presence of ice navigators on board, fire safety and life-saving."
But the statement acknowledged there are no provisions related to grey water.
(Which is LIE-beral speak for “don’t hold your breath while awaiting new regulations that might cut into LIE-beral gravy supplies!)
Different rules are in place for southern Canadian waters. The regulations require passenger vessels built after 2013 and carrying more than 500 passengers to use an onboard marine sanitation device before releasing grey water.
The U.S. government and the state of Alaska have regulations related to grey water from ships.
(So if its good enough for Yankees then why don’t we use such regulations? Oh right- it would put up operating costs for ships and they might not spend money in impoverished northern Canada- and LIE-berals NEED GRAVY!)
"Part of that was because cruise ships spend a lot of time in Alaska," said Ed White, cruise ship program manager with Alaska's Department of Environmental Conservation. "Part of it was the size of the ships, too, which were much larger than the communities they were travelling to. That created a lot public concern."
White said the major worry was linked to bacteria from food waste or laundry, but officials had also found toxic materials such as dry cleaning chemicals and mercury.
"We don't see that anymore."
That's due to stricter regulations, he said, including inspections on ships and a move to stop using some toxic materials.
Nacke said high standards in Alaska make it more important for grey water discharge to be regulated in Canada's northern waters.
"Cruise ships that go around Alaska ... can literally use Canada as a dumping ground," she said.
(OH great! Our mean green LIE-berals are more focussed on gravy than they are on cruise ships that STORE waste water in Alaskan waters and then release it freely in Canada!)
Lennie said he hopes there are some regulations sooner rather than later.
(IT is all about what is convenient for LIE-berals!)
"This is a new travel destination," he said. "(Tourists) want to see the untouched wilderness, but there's a cost to it."
— By Colette Derworiz in Edmonton.