Sentences with phrase «tanker ban in»
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.»
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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.
VANCOUVER — The Christy Clark government has asked Ottawa to lift a ban on burning oil to deal with spills, proof that Christy Clark is prepared to do anything to allow a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic on B.C.'s coast, say the...
The OPA's ban on single - hulled tankers forced the Valdez into exile in Europe.
Even the new NDP government in Alberta, having made its debut in Paris, is now throwing its weight behind reviving the nearly moribund Northern Gateway pipeline to the British Columbia coast, raising questions about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to permanently ban tankers along B.C.s fragile coast.
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.
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.