Canada Prime Minister Moves to Deliver on Northern B.C. Oil Tanker Ban Promise
VANCOUVER, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Transport Minister Marc Garneau, in a letter launched on Friday, to formalize a moratorium on crude oil tanker visitors alongside the northern coast of British Columbia.
The Ministry of Transport will work with quite a few different ministries to develop the moratorium, which was a Liberal marketing campaign promise forward of elections final month.
A ban on oil tanker visitors on the northwest coast will basically kill Enbridge Inc’s controversial Northern Gateway pipeline mission, which might have carried oil from Alberta to the port of Kitimat for export to Asian markets. (Reporting by Julie Gordon in Vancouver and Randall Palmer in Ottawa, enhancing by G Crosse)
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