We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who request that Metro Vancouver appoint a task force to investigate the potential effects of a declining global oil supply on the Vancouver metropolitan area.

Prices for the food we import are rising fast, while our local farmland is being eaten up by development and our farmers slowly go out of business. Gasoline prices are skyrocketing, yet we’re preparing to increase our dependency on car travel by spending billions on the Gateway Project. We’re expanding our airport while jet fuel becomes increasing unaffordable. BC’s economy has become increasingly dependent on limited supplies of oil, natural gas, minerals, and other declining resources. We export our clean hydro-power electricity to the US, while importing dirty coal-fired electricity from Alberta. The connecting thread in this Big Picture is ENERGY, and the global supply of it is about to peak. Metro Vancouver (spanning the Greater Vancouver, Howe Sound, Fraser Valley & Sunshine Coasts Regional Districts) needs to prepare, give its citizens new and better options, and become sustainable in a future of limited supplies of fossil fuels and other resources, before energy shortages become a crisis.

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xxxxxxxx, 410 - 711 East 6th Ave Vancouver BC V5T 1L7
"rather than focusing on solutions to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels and consumption, our government is loaning our dollars to support the car industry and encourage Canadians to buy more cars - help! we need a new plan!"

Alexander MacLean, 2972 Watson Street
"The global End Game for oil has begun. Multi-national economies will no longer sustain our lives. Localization & Permaculture remain our only logical direction. Act NOW!"

Matt Thomson 433 E. 23rd Avenue

xxxxxxxx #406-1623 E 2nd Ave., Vancouver

Michael Hansen, www.FocusVancouver.ca
"This and many other atrocities are all part of natfa. But a contract is not a contract unless it benifits all parties involved. Have the poorest children in Canada benifited? Have the homeless benifited? Time to take action. The next elections, federal, civic and provincial must be our stage for change. 721 E 14th Ave vancouver, v5t 2n3"

J-M Toriel, 2422 Carolina Street
"This should be one of the top issues in the federal election!"

Richard Desaulniers, 9003 Major St. , Fort Langley, B.C.
"Everybody looks to Vancouver to set the example."

Kamilia Kaczor #26-250 East 15th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. V7L 2R4

Brenda Ceaser #313 - 435 Ginger Drive, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5L1

Monty Peters,
"Let's get at It!"

Justin Tilson, 104-1590 West 1st Ave. Vancouver, BC, V6J 4X4
"Do you eat? If your answer was yes, I would ponder just how and where you think Metro Vancouver's 2 1/4 million people (especially the poor) will find enough calories to survive when fuel becomes prohibitively expensive to grow and deliver food as we do now. It’s time to create a diverse, secure and sovereign local food system that’s not dependent on petroleum derived liquid fuels and reconnects people with their source."