The west coast again coveted by petroleum companies star-news.press/wp

In 2016 the bankruptcy of the Northern Gateway project and the Moratorium of British british waters in Britain’s navigation of oil ships, the export projects of the west coast Alberta was dead and buried.

However, the Federal Electoral Campaign revives the desire for politicians in the oil industry and Alberta to find new stores for the product.

List of requests from Danielle Smith

When Danielle Smith met Mark Carney in Mark Carney, March 20, 2025, turned his or her requests.

Among them, Alberta’s Prime Minister reminded the new Canadian Prime Minister for what he claimed several times: Guaranteed Alberta north, east and west full access to oil and gas corridorswell Lift Moratoria on British Coastal Potland Navigation on Coastal Coast.

The navigation ban was entered into force on June 21, 2019. Moratorium action associated with oil ships (New window) It is forbidden to packaging more than 12,500 tons, carrying oil in the ports of the northern part of the island of Vancouver and Alaska ports.

This is not the first time Conservative tried to cancel the moratorium.

Federal Conservatives and Albertan Conservatives have always agreed with this moratoriumFrédéric Boily, professor of political science, at the Saint-Jean campus of the University of Alberta.

They thought it was a bad decision because he avoided the development of bituminous sand. It is likely that pipeline projects could also see the light of the day, since the Moratoria was.

Moratorium had the support of the first nations

This law, among others, was maintained with the help of indigenous communities living in the archipelago, such as Haida Gwaii. All said the law would protect the coast of the British Colombian coast against oil spills.

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On March 18, 2025, a group of 14 leaders of Canada also sent a regular letter to dial CARNEY (New window)Asking environmental regulations to accelerate energy projects, including new oil and natural gas pipes.

This letter also mentioned a moratorium about oil ships on the west coast prevents development and needs to be changed and simplified.

People from oil companies ask is to weaken environmental laws.

This moratorium would have a great influence if someone built an oil pipe, in North Columbia in Britain, but no one didKeith Stewart explains the main climate and energy strategist Greenpecce Canada.

That is, that is, the oil ships must be slightly more from the coasts when they go to Alaska, it is better to protect the Canadian coasts. This is a prevention measure, and the only reason to get rid of moratoria would be to build a new pipeline towards Prince Rupert. But no one has this project, in addition to politicians. Are political gamesIt continues.

For the east or west of Canada, as well as the moratorium of Canada east, as well as the moratorium of oil ships, the impact of this federal election campaign, the impact of Trump Administration decisions to grow with itself.