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CALGARY – British Columbia’s government argued in court Monday that it should have the authority to limit oil shipments within the province, which could effectively “veto” new pipelines at a time when all active export projects out of Canada have been delayed.

In a highly anticipated reference case at the B.C. Court of Appeals, the province’s government along with support from the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby are squaring off against the federal government, supported by governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan, over the restriction of oil shipments on federally regulated export pipelines, such as the Trans Mountain expansion project, and on railway cars.

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Joseph Arvay, acting on behalf of B.C., argued the case is about “the extent to which our federal constitution will permit the province to protect its people, its land, its water, its flora, its fauna from environmental harm.”