good news Liberals’ Bill C-48, 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 has been stopped.
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications has recommended not to proceed with a controversial bill aimed at limiting tanker traffic along the B.C. coast, according to an Alberta senator.
Senator Doug Black tweeted Wednesday evening that the development was “a good day for Alberta and for Canada.”