23-07-2025
First Nations Oppose Possible British Columbia Oil Pipeline
A First Nations group in British Columbia sent an open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urging him reject any proposal for a pipeline or oil tanker project in the northwest area of the province.
The Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative, an alliance of First Nations, requested that Carney's government uphold a 2019 ban on oil tankers off the northern coast of the province. The act, known as Bill C-48, prohibits tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil from stopping or unloading along British Columbia's north coast.
