First Nations divided on impacts of tanker ban at Northern B.C. Senate hearings | CBC News
Bill C-48—the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act—would prohibit oil tankers carrying more than 12,500 tonnes
of certain types of oil from stopping or unloading at ports on the
North Coast, from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alaskan
border.
of certain types of oil from stopping or unloading at ports on the
North Coast, from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alaskan
border.
The bill, which has already received approval in
principal in the House of Commons, resulted in the scrapping of the
previously approved Northern Gateway Pipeline, fulfilling a Liberal
election promise.
It is now before the Senate.