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Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
The plan includes $740 million for marine protection measures and $136 million to protect whales from oil spills and underwater noise.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $1.2 billion investment to safeguard Canadian waters from increasing tanker traffic while speaking in Vancouver.
- This investment arrives as Ottawa faces a Thursday deadline to decide whether to designate a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast as a project of national interest.
- Most of the funding, $740 million, targets incident prevention and Canadian Coast Guard capacity, while $136 million funds whale protection and $186 million supports West Coast-specific measures.
- The initiative commits to Indigenous-led stewardship of the Lower Fraser River Estuary; earlier, LNG Canada announced a Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, British Columbia.
- Government officials are expected to finalize the TMX pipeline designation by Thursday, which would twin the existing line amid political developments involving Albertans heading to the polls.
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Carney Plans $846 Million for Oceans as Pipeline Decision Looms
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced C$1.2 billion ($846 million) for ocean and marine conservation ahead of an expected decision to designate an oil pipeline to the west coast as a project of national interest.
·New York, United States
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Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government is making a new $1.2 billion investment in ocean conservation as the country inches toward a decision on a new West
·Toronto, Canada
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