Opposition push through motion to ban B.C. oil tanker traffic
Postmedia News files
An oil tanker anchored off the coast of North Vancouver, B.C.
Andrew Mayeda, Postmedia News · Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010
OTTAWA — The opposition has stepped up its pressure on the Harper government to ban oil-tanker traffic off the B.C. coast, passing a motion in the House of Commons calling on the Conservatives to legislate a formal moratorium.
The opposition parties teamed up Tuesday to pass a motion introduced by New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen urging the government to immediately propose legislation to “ban bulk oil tanker traffic” through the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound, off the north coast of British Columbia.
Despite Conservative opposition, the motion passed by a vote of 143-138, after both the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois supported it.
The motion passed on the same day that Parliament’s environmental watchdog declared that Canada isn’t ready to respond to a major oil spill emanating from a tanker or other vessel.
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