Federal bill would ban ships that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports on B.C.’s north coast.
VICTORIA — After waiting for months, the B.C. New Democrats this week finally got around to endorsing federal legislation that would enshrine a moratorium on oil tankers on the northern coast.
Legislation “formalizing” the ban was introduced two years ago by the federal Liberals, following up their opposition to the Northern Gateway Pipeline. For Bill C-48 is the same piece of federal legislation that was denounced earlier this month by Alberta’s NDP Premier Rachel Notley. “No country produces its energy resources as safely and with the kind of attention to the climate as we do in Alberta,” she told the senate committee. “Bill C-48 is a disincentive to the very kind of investment we need to attract to Alberta.The premier delivered her remarks by video conferencing from Calgary on April 9, with one week to go in her bid for re-election.
Still, one had to wonder about the clumsy timing. Having waited for the better part of two years to declare a position on C-48, could the John Horgan government not have waited another 24 hours? She announced she would be sitting out the Western Premiers conference, explaining that with the pipeline hanging in the balance, it was not the time for her to be discussing lesser agenda items like Pharmacare expansion and cannabis legalization.
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