The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that British Columbia Environment Minister Mary Polak says Ottawa's plan for responding to a major oil spill in B.C. waters is outdated. The Globe's Kat Sieniuc writes that on Monday Ms. Polak made several references to the threat to B.C.'s coast from a poorly handled spill on water, which is a federal responsibility. On land, an area of provincial jurisdiction, Ms. Polak is promising tougher rules for pipelines (such as Enbridge's Gateway) and other major projects (such as Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain) that would require companies to join -- and finance -- a preparedness and response organization to oversee the training, planning and co-ordination of emergency spill response. Ms. Polak says: "What we have now is outdated. Our experience with smaller spills and near misses shows the province is not prepared for a major spill. ... Our goal is to have a world-leading spill regime in place, and we recognize we're not there yet. The recent spill in English Bay clearly illustrates we have a ways to go when it comes to marine spills." The B.C. government has made world-leading spill response a precondition for new energy projects.