FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 10, 2012
STATEMENT
ON 40-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, NORTH COAST TANKER MORATORIUM AT RISK
BC Federal New Democrats urge government to uphold ban on oil tanker traffic
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Forty years ago, the Canadian government introduced a moratorium banning oil tankers from the north and central coast of British Columbia. On the anniversary of the moratorium, the BC Caucus of NDP MPs released the following statement: