Carney says oil tanker ban will remain in effect
“The Canada-B.C. agreement will maintain the federal North Coast tanker ban," Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Thursday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby says the federal government will fully maintain the North Coast tanker ban as part of a proposed pipeline agreement. The 2019 ban restricts large crude oil tankers off northern B.C. waters.
The ban’s future was questioned after Ottawa and Alberta signed an MOU in November for a new pipeline, according to media reports.
“The Canada-B.C. agreement will maintain the federal North Coast tanker ban in accordance with a proposed route of a new trans-provincial pipeline under the bilateral agreement with Canada and Alberta,” Carney told reporters Thursday.
“We have secured a commitment to keep the northern tanker ban firmly in place, protecting British Columbia’s pristine northern coast and the $2 billion plus economy that relies on it,” Eby later said during that same press conference.
The MOU’s flagship proposal is a bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, capable of carrying up to an additional 400,000 barrels per day to Asian markets.
