The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that B.C. Premier David Eby and leaders of coastal first nations signed a declaration Wednesday calling on Ottawa to retain its current ban on oil tankers off of the province's north coast. The Globe's Justine Hunter writes that the ban, if continued, would effectively block Alberta's bid for a new oil pipeline to British Columbia's northern ports. The event was designed to underscore what Mr. Eby has described as a "fragile consensus" that is allowing his province to develop a liquefied natural gas industry worth tens of billions of dollars. "Part of this work is looking at the overall cumulative impacts of all shipping," Haida Nation President Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop) said at the news conference Wednesday. With a growing number of LNG tankers already plying the waters off of Haida Gwaii's 5,000 kilometres of shoreline, Gaagwiis said his community has no stomach for oil tanker traffic. The B.C. government has repeatedly called on Ottawa to rebuff Alberta's demand that the oil tanker ban be rescinded. Prime Minister Mark Carney, however, has not provided a clear answer. Coastal first nations are now backing Mr. Eby's push for a definitive commitment.