Will the Pacific North Coast Oil Tanker Ban Hold Water? A Review of Canada’s Proposed New Legislatio
Author: West Coast Environmental Law
On November 29, 2016, the federal government announced that it will introduce legislation in spring 2017 to entrench an oil tanker ban on the north coast of British Columbia, and it provided preliminary details on the content of the legislation. In this report, West Coast evaluates the available details on the federal government’s proposal for oil tanker ban legislation.