Castanet - Apr 25, 2019 / 6:41 pm | Story: 254813
Photo: The Canadian Press
The oil and gas industry has worn out its welcome in Canadian marine conservation areas.
Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced a total ban on oil and gas work, as well as mining, waste-dumping and bottom-trawling, in all of Canada's marine protected areas.
The bans apply only to marine protected areas, which are specific areas within bodies of water that are granted protected status by federal, provincial or territorial governments.
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