Vancouver council agrees to spend up to $660,000 to fight \u0022Big Oil\u0022 in court

Vancouver council agrees to spend up to $660,000 to fight 'Big Oil' in court

The idea of a class-action lawsuit being brought by municipalities against major oil companies is advocated by the Vancouver-based West Coast Environmental Law’s recently launched Sue Big Oil campaign.

Green councillors Carr, Peter Fry, Michael Wiebe and COPE councillor Jean Swanson voted in favour, while councillors Rebecca Bligh, Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung voted against.WCEL staff lawyer Andrew Gage said Vancouver was the first municipality to sign on to the charity’s Sue Big Oil campaign.Article content

“The next council makes the final call,” said Gage, adding the first step would be to get the Supreme Court of B.C. to certify a class-action lawsuit against the oil companies. Those companies would be Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco.

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