Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government will keep a longstanding ban on oil tankers off northern British Columbia even as Canada pursues a proposed pipeline intended to move Alberta oil to the Pacific Coast. In remarks reported by both outlets, Carney links the pipeline plan to maintaining existing protections for northern B.C. waters while the federal government continues work to address environmental concerns. The reporting describes the tanker ban as a policy that would not change as negotiations and planning continue around transporting Alberta crude to coastal markets. Both sources frame Carney’s position as part of a broader effort to balance regional and environmental priorities in Canada’s energy policy. The Independent also notes that the government is managing internal political tensions, including separatist sentiment in oil-rich Alberta, as it advances a project that is viewed as economically significant by some provinces. Overall, the two accounts agree on Carney’s central message: the pipeline proposal does not come with lifting the northern B.C. tanker restriction.