A big oil pipeline heads our way: Canada's high court rebuffs B.C.
The Supreme Court of Canada has rebuffed a bid by British Columbia to block construction of an 890,000-barrel-a-day oil pipeline that will send as many as 400 oil tankers a year through the Salish Sea and Strait of Juan de Fuca, waters shared by the United States and Canada.
The high court quickly rejected the province's claim of authority to require that "heavy" oil, such as bitumen crude from the Alberta tar sands, and other "hazardous substances," get provincial approval before passing through the province by pipeline. B.C. Premier John Horgan, in his 2017 campaign, promised to use "every tool in our tool box" to block expansion of the Trans-Mountain Pipeline.
"Clearly we are disappointed by the decision, but this does not reduce our concerns regarding the potential of a catastrophic oil spill on our coast," Horgan said in a statement.
The expanded pipeline will travel more than 600 miles, from Edmonton, Alberta, south to an oilport located in Burnaby, just east of Vancouver. It would then be loaded on tankers for export to Asia.
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