British Columbia has some of the lowest density of marine traffic in the world.  In Juan de Fuca Strait we have fewer than 11,000 transits by ocean-going vessels annually, in addition to equally light tug and barge, ferry, fishing, and recreational traffic.  Approximately 1,100 transits per year in Juan de Fuca Strait are oil tankers, primarily US oil from Alaska bound for Washington State.  The Kinder Morgan proposal will add about 360 transits per year; one more per day.

By comparison, the Dover Straits carry 600 commercial vessels in transit or crossing daily.  The Port of Rotterdam handles about 36,000 ships per year compared to Vancouver, Canada's busiest port, with 3,000.  

Claims that one additional ship per day will expand the marine traffic so greatly that collisions and spills are inevitable are alarmist; scaremongering.  No one’s way of life, culture or well-being will be adversely affected.