Pending Changes to Federal Environmental Assessment Legislation Cause for Concern

Above photo: More than 100 people demonstrated in Halifax on Jan. 24 to raise awareness about plans to modify the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. A growing consortium of more than 20 Atlantic Canadian and Quebec community, environmental, Indigenous, fishery and non-governmental organizations have come together to form the Offshore Alliance. The organization’s goal is to sound the alarm bells about pending changes to federal legislation that may give east coast petroleum ...