oil tanker ban bill today that he is open to amendments to Bill C-48 as long as they preserve the bill's stated purpose: to stop virtually all crude oil shipments from ports along B.C. Garneau said the government will not accept Senate amendments that would carve out corridors through the waters in question for oil transportation. Clayton said the ban robs her community of about 3,000 in northern B.C. The federal Liberal government is pushing for an oil tanker ban in the waters off the northern B.C. Conservative Saskatchewan Sen. David Tkachuk, the chair of the committee, said the oil tanker ban will further constrain shipping capacity for Alberta's oilpatch.

Source: CBC News May 14, 2019 20:22 UTC