OTTAWA—The Senate passed up a chance Thursday to kill the Trudeau’s government 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 abstained. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWHad senators voted to accept the committee report, the bill would have been killed immediately. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWAlberta Premier Jason Kenney said his government is deeply disappointed the Senate voted to reject the committee’s report. Should Bill C-48 be passed into law, Alberta will launch an immediate constitutional challenge.” There has been a voluntary moratorium on tankers off B.C.’s northern coast since 1985.

Source: thestar June 06, 2019 22:18 UTC