Prince George, B.C. -It  was one year ago that  the grain ship MV Marathassa  spilled nearly three thousand litres of bunker fuel in Vancouver’s English Bay. To date,  no fines have been levied and no clean up costs recuperated.The incident heightened concerns of the dangers associated with oil tanker movement along the coast.

Premier Christy Clark  says she is still expecting  those responsible to  be  held accountable “We were all raised in a world where if you made a mess you cleaned it up,  and it’s no different for corporations in British  Columbia”.

The Premier says there  was an issue identified in the English Bay spill “One of the issues we still need to clean up frankly , is the lack of coordination between agencies,  we have  to get that fixed.  We set out the five conditions for  heavy oil movement in British Columbia, and one of them is we need more Coast Guard stations.”

She says  when more Coast Guards are delivered from the Federal Government,  efforts need to be properly coordinated.   She says  while clean up  can  be dealt with effectively “Secondly we want to make sure no one walks away from their responsibilities we are  all working  together and there aren’t any loop-holes for people to find their way through.”

She says she  is  aware  that  efforts are underway to ensure  no one  is able to  shirk  responsibility  for the  English Bay spill.