The provincial government is holding firm after a new report suggested Alberta and Ottawa are close to an agreement on a new pipeline to B.C.’s North Coast.

The Globe and Mail reported Wednesday that the federal government is considering allowing limited tanker traffic on the northern coast as part of a potential memorandum of understanding with Alberta.

The move would require revisiting Canada’s northern tanker ban, a federal law restricting large crude carriers from travelling along B.C.’s remote coastline.

B.C. Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth Ravi Kahlon says the province hasn’t been consulted.

“I’m not aware of that,” Kahlon said Wednesday.

“Certainly I haven’t had any conversations with the federal government on this,” he added, noting the “topic did not come up” in recent m

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