Mar
7
Cruise ship passengers are attracted to cruise vacations with pictures of pristine waters and promises of unspoiled scenery and abundant wildlife, but these passengers are never told that their vacation could leave a dirty mark on the places they visit such as Victoria, Nanaimo, and the inside waters of BC's West Coast.
Cruise ships carrying up to 7,000 passengers and crew are like floating cities that release substantial amounts of pollution into the air and water. Cruise ships are despoiling the very areas they visit and we appear willing to trade our health and environment for profit.
We are told to sleep better at night because the mayors, councils, MLAs, and business communities have $150 million reasons why we are not concerned about the 211 ships that will visit us this year. Pleasant dreams.
William Perry