Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with British Columbia that keeps an oil tanker ban in place for Canada’s north coast, and commits billions of dollars in federal funding for energy, mining and transportation projects.
The move is meant to boost Premier David Eby’s top priorities for his province, but also serves to soften the blow of a more controversial announcement: Alberta’s bid to build a new crude oil pipeline through BC’s mountainous terrain.
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