North Coast oil tanker ban being upheld, Port of Vancouver expanding in multibillion-dollar B.C.-Ottawa deal

CBC: Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will uphold a tanker ban off B.C.’s North Coast, taking the wind out of the sails of any potential oil pipeline route to the region.

…Carney’s reaffirmation of the ban came as part of a new multibillion-dollar Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement he announced alongside Premier David Eby in Vancouver Thursday.

The agreement includes money for mining, forestry and upgrading the Massey Tunnel and Port of Vancouver in B.C.’s Lower Mainland…

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