A Canadian Senate committee voted against Bill C-48, which would ban oil tankers from docking on British Columbia’s northern coast. This means the Senate advised the federal government not to proceed with the bill enacting the oil tanker moratorium on that stretch of coast.
The bill, otherwise known as the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, would ban tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tonnes of crude or persistent oil from stopping or unloading along B.C.’s northern coast.
This would aim to protect...
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