Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s plans to ban tanker calls on the nation’s west coast – an election pledge from last year – look unlikely to materialise.
Local media report cabinet ministers are not in agreement over the tanker ban and a pipeline project to move Alberta tar sands oil to British Columbia for export to Asia is likely to be revived.
The 1,177 km Northern Gateway pipeline would carry diluted bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands.
Alberta premier Rachel Notley met with Trudeau Sunday evening and the pipeline and tanker ban were discussed.
