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Liberal MP for Victoria Will Greaves said he has been getting correspondence from constituents for months \u2014 but particularly within the past week or so \u2014 that \u201cis almost universally opposed to lifting the tanker ban and is deeply skeptical of building another pipeline to tidewater through the central interior of BC,\u201d he told Canada\u2019s National Observer in an interview on Tuesday. 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Liberal MP for Victoria Will Greaves said he has been getting correspondence from constituents for months \u2014 but particularly within the past week or so \u2014 that \u201cis almost universally opposed to lifting the tanker ban and is deeply skeptical of building another pipeline to tidewater through the central interior of BC,\u201d he told Canada\u2019s National Observer in an interview on Tuesday. 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