Everyone that is all for shipping Alberta crude/tar sand's oil through the Gulf Islands and the Salish Sea, I suggest that you come here and walk the beaches.  Come down to any of the many spots where it is possible to view the Orcas swimming past in their pods.  The river otter, seals and sea lions, and the multitude of birds that use this area as a flyway and resting area, are all at risk if there is an oil spill, are you ready to exchange this for an oil soaked coast?  

We humans and fauna that do live here certainly don't want to exchange our home for an equivalent of the Tar Sands, an industrial waste land.  Does that make us selfish?  I don't think so, I am ready to share this area, but not to the point where I agree to it's destruction, nor do I think you would agree to your town, neighbourhood be fouled with oil.  

Claiming that an area of the country should agree to allow its environment be befouled for the benefit of the rest of the country seems grossly unfair.