B.C. Backs Burrard Inlet Expansion
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Should Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet be dredged to make room for fully loaded oil tankers?
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B.C. energy minister backs plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver 's Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers.
The plan could result in fewer tankers carrying more oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline.
The expanded TMX pipeline has been operating since May 2024 and there have been calls to expand it again to help diversify energy exports away from the United States .
Tsleil-Waututh First Nation is concerned about dredging up Burrard Inlet and Second Narrows.
B.C. Greens interim leader Jeremy Valeriote expressed surprise that the issue has surfaced in the absence of an actual proposal or further details from government.
Wilderness Committee : Dix stressed that the dredging would be a federal, not a provincial project.
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