Eby, coastal First Nations call on Ottawa to maintain oil tanker ban

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B.C. gov’t, Coastal First Nations sign declaration to uphold oil tanker ban

Bill C-48 bans ships that hold more than12,500 metric tons of oil from waters off the north of B.C.’s coast — from the northernmost point of Vancouver Island to the Alaskan border.

Eby, coastal First Nations call on Ottawa to maintain oil tanker ban

British Columbia Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations have signed a declaration calling on the federal government to maintain an oil tanker ban off the province’s north coast.

BC Premier, Coastal First Nations Sign Declaration Urging Feds to Maintain Tanker Ban

B.C. Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations have signed a declaration asking Ottawa to keep the oil tanker ban on the province’s north coast in place. Eby said at a Nov. 5 press conference that lifting the oil tanker ban, a federal law prohibiting oil tankers on B.C.’s northern coast, would expose the region to potentially devastating oil spills with no effective cleanup method in place. The B.C. premier has long opposed lifting the ban, wh…

BC signs declaration with First Nations to have feds uphold North Coast tanker ban

Early this morning, Premier David Eby and several representatives of coastal First Nations communities have signed a declaration to uphold the 2019 North Coast tanker ban.