From: grmerrick@shaw.ca   
      
   "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a moratorium on crude   
   oil tanker traffic for B.C.'s North Coast.   
      
   Trudeau outlined the directive in a mandate letter to Canada's   
   transport minister, Marc Garneau, on Friday. In it, he asked Garneau   
   to formalize the agreement with three other ministries: fisheries,   
   natural resources and environment.   
      
   "This ban ends the dangerous Northern Gateway pipeline proposal," said   
   Karen Mahon in a statement from ForestEthics, an environmental group   
   that advocates for the protection of B.C.'s coast. "Without tankers,   
   crude oil has no place to go, that means no pipelines, no oil trains   
   moving tarsands to the northern B.C. coast."   
      
   It's unclear what impact a moratorium would have on the Northern   
   Gateway pipeline, which would carry bitumen from Alberta to Kitimat,   
   B.C. The project was approved in June 2014 with 209 conditions.   
      
   The company says the earliest the pipeline could be built is 2019,   
   prompting some analysts to question whether the company is fully   
   committed to the project given the obstacles it still faces.   
      
   The moratorium would require legislation and would no doubt prompt   
   debate in the House of Commons.   
      
   The mandate letter from Trudeau comes a week after U.S. President   
   Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, saying it did not   
   serve the country's national interests.   
      
   Both leaders will be part of the G20 meeting in Antalya, Turkey, this   
   weekend and the United Nations climate change conference in Paris   
   starting on Nov. 30"   
   http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/crude-oil-tanker-   
   raffic-moratorium-bc-north-coast-1.3318086   
      
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