Sentences with phrase «tanker ban»

Spotting a powerful wedge issue, Justin Trudeau committed to rejecting the Enbridge pipeline and legislating a crude oil tanker ban on British Columbia's North Coast.

This work included representing two First Nations in a successful legal challenge to the federal government's approval of Northern Gateway, as well as advocating for a strong federal oil tanker ban law on BC's north coast.

He insists the refinery could still compete were there no such bitumen tanker ban in place, but that «we think there should be a ban on tanker traffic because it's the right thing to do.»

Spill response boat sinks as Prime Minister appears to backtrack on tanker ban promise.

With the commercial viability of the project seriously in doubt and the federal government's promised legislated tanker ban waiting in the wings, it does feel like this parrot may be on its last legs.

Two weeks later, Bloomberg noted the federal government is reevaluating its tanker ban on the province's northern coast, which currently bars exports from the Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.

All four opposition parties in the Canadian Parliament — who together won 60 percent of the vote in the last federal election — are opposed to Northern Gateway and support an oil tanker ban.