Source: Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press, June 6, 2019 OTTAWA — The Senate passed up a chance Thursday to kill the Trudeau government’s bill to ban oil tanker traffic in the environmentally sensitive waters off northern British Columbia. Senators voted 53-38 to reject a committee report that recommended that Bill C-48 be scrapped; one senator… Continue reading Senators reject chance to immediately kill tanker ban but bill not safe yet
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Federal oil tanker ban bill defeated in Senate, but legislation not dead
Source: The Canadian Press, May 16, 2019 OTTAWA — A federal ban on tanker traffic off British Columbia’s north coast has been defeated in a Senate committee. On a 6-6 vote, the Senate’s transportation and communications committee rejected Bill C-48 Wednesday night. The committee’s five Conservative senators voted against it, joined by Alberta independent Paula… Continue reading Federal oil tanker ban bill defeated in Senate, but legislation not dead