"Canada’s Trudeau Orders Tanker Ban on B.C. North Coast"

"OTTAWA – Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today instructed his incoming cabinet members to work together to 'formalize a moratorium on crude oil tanker traffic on British Columbia’s north coast.'

In mandate letters to Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard made public Friday, Trudeau says he expects the ministers to formalize the moratorium as a top priority.

Environmentalists say the ban ends Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, which they and some First Nations view as harmful.

A number of coastal First Nations have already declared a ban on oil tankers on the north coast and have issued a statement supporting the Liberal government’s commitment to do the same."

Environment News Service had the story November 13, 2015.