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May 12, 2021 This blog post is the second installment of a two-part series inspired by the proposed Environmental Bill of Rights that was introduced to Prince Edward Island’s Legislative Assembly on April 8, 2021. You can read the first…
April 23, 2021 On April 8, 2021, Bill 108—a proposed Environmental Bill of Rights—was introduced to Prince Edward Island’s Legislative Assembly. The bill was tabled as a Private Member’s Bill by Lynne Lund, Green MLA for Summerside-Wilmot and party Critic…
March 17, 2021 Last week, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Lands and Forestry introduced Bill 4—a proposed Biodiversity Act for Nova Scotia—in the provincial House of Assembly. East Coast Environmental Law has been advocating for the creation of a Nova Scotian…
March 2, 2021 Things have changed dramatically since February 29, 2020. On that date, while the global COVID-19 pandemic escalated, the Final Report of the Regional Assessment of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploratory Drilling East of Newfoundland and Labrador (“Newfoundland Offshore RA”)…
October 1, 2020 This essay will be the first in a series exploring what it means to be a treaty person in Atlantic Canada and addressing Canadian legal structures that inhibit Indigenous rights recognition and implementation in our region. What…