Michael Byers, a UBC professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, spoke to CBC about the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s recommendation that the federal government approve a plan to bring a luxury vessel through the Northwest Passage without a full environmental review.
“When I think about the prospect of dozens of large cruise ships sailing through the Canadian Arctic each summer, I worry. I worry about the impact of a possible oil spill. I worry about the impact of ship noise on marine mammals like whales and walrus,” Byers said.
