The Conservative Party is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to repeal the oil tanker ban on British Columbia’s northern coast, arguing the restrictions are limiting Canada’s ability to sell oil to overseas markets.
In an Oct. 26 letter to Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and other opposition MPs called on the Liberal government to support Bill C-264, a private member’s bill that would repeal the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act and remove restrictions on certain oil tanker operations along the northern coast.
“We have a chance to diversify oil exports overseas to boost jobs, our dollar and our economic independence from the United States with no need for government subsidies, using mostly existing infrastructure, with shovels in the ground now and oil flowing in under two years,” the letter said….