First Nations Consultation Mr. Coon: The Premier met with the chiefs from the Wolastoqi and Mi’kmaq First Nations yesterday. As we know, neither the Wolastoqiyik, the Mi’kmaq, nor the Passamaquoddy ceded or surrendered land to the Crown. The legal bases for the government’s relationship with First Nations are our Peace and Friendship Treaties and a growing mountain of […]
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Environmental Impact Assessment Mr. Coon: My question is for the Minister of Environment. Under Schedule A of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation, any proposal to construct a pipeline exceeding 5 km in length must be registered with the minister before it is commenced in order for the minister to determine whether or not the completion of an environmental […]
Read moreMr. Speaker, new research was published in the Journal Nature, which provides numbers on the quantities and locations of fossil fuels that must remain in the ground avoid dangerous climate change – to keep within the 2C temperature limit that Canada and the rest of world have agreed to avoid. This is the first peer reviewed analysis to identify which […]
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