Canada Eyes Ban On Lng Tankers Officials Seek to Protect Bay of Fundy Waterway

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ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick - Federal politicians say Canada is considering regulations to ban liquefied natural gas supertankers from a sensitive waterway in the Bay of Fundy east of Maine, risking renewed territorial tensions with the United States.

Maxime Bernier, Canada's new minister of foreign affairs, assured a citizens' group on Sunday that Canada is strongly opposed to the prospect of LNG supertankers navigating the treacherous waters that lead into Passamaquoddy Bay between Maine and New Brunswick.

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Canada Eyes Ban On Lng Tankers Officials Seek to Protect Bay of Fundy Waterway

Although Bernier would not take questions from reporters and did not tour the disputed waters by boat, he told the Save Passamaquoddy Bay citizens' group what they wanted to hear - Ottawa will consider reg...

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