Leaders of a First Nation on British Columbia's northern coast say they met with Alberta's minister of Indigenous relations on Friday to express opposition to any changes to Canada's tanker ban needed to service a potential new pipeline.

The Gitga'at First Nation says in a statement they presented Minister Rajan Sawhney with scientific and historical evidence affirming there is no proven method for recovering bitumen spills on B.C.'s North Coast, which it says has some of the highest tidal ranges on Earth.

Gitga'at First Nation Chief Councillor Bruce Reece says in the statement the nation remains opposed to any removal or weakening of the oil tanker moratorium that has been in place for more than 50 years, and the nation will uphold its responsibility to safeguard marine ecosystems.

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