This submission reflects and builds on a submission by a group of environmental non-profit organizations, including ECEL, to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (the “Agency”) on its consultation paper, “‘One Project, One Review’: Cooperation Agreements for the Assessment of Major Projects” (the “Joint Submission”), and submissions ECEL has made on draft cooperation agreements between the government of Canada and the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island

In recent months, we have received inquiries from individual community members, community groups, and environmental organizations in Nova Scotia concerning the procurement process that the Nova Scotia Independent Energy System Operator (“NS IESO”) initiated in autumn 2025 to seek the construction of one or two fast-acting power generation facilities in Pictou County.

As an organization that supports an equitable energy transition away from fossil fuels and toward clean, renewable, and sustainable energy sources like offshore wind, East Coast Environmental Law (“ECEL”) opposes new oil and gas exploration and development in Nova Scotia’s offshore.

The perspectives shared through these workshops demonstrate that youth in New Brunswick are eager to contribute to environmental decision-making. They view environmental rights not only as legal protections, but as essential to their health, well-being, and future.

This submission reflects and builds on a submission by group of environmental non-profit organizations, including ECEL, to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (the “Agency”) on its consultation paper, “‘One Project, One Review’: Cooperation Agreements for the Assessment of Major Projects” (the “Joint Submission”), and submissions ECEL has made on draft cooperation agreements between the Government of Canada and the provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Canada’s commitment to protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 is grounded in Canadian and international law and policy, and is a necessary contribution to global conservation efforts intended to prevent ecosystem collapse and biodiversity loss in the ocean.

Our clients continue to have serious concerns about how critical habitat is purportedly identified in the 2025 Proposed Update, especially when compared to the clear identification of critical habitat in the original Recovery Strategy for the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus melodus) in Canada (2012 Recovery Strategy).

This submission responds to the questions posed in the Call for Information feedback form on the CNSOER website, addressing those questions in the same order in which they appear online.

East Coast Environmental Law Responses to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Advancing Environmental Equity Survey

This new work is more important than ever, as the government pursues major projects on fast timelines and with reduced regulatory oversight. Exacerbating environmental racism and injustice is not in the national interest. Advancing environmental justice is a nation-building strategy.

This backgrounder presents information that was delivered in workshops in Newfoundland and Labrador in the autumn of 2025, providing an overview of how members of the public can contribute to the enforcement of environmental laws in the province.

This backgrounder presents information that was delivered in workshops in Newfoundland and Labrador in the autumn of 2025, providing an overview of how environmental laws are made and changed in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Submission to the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government on New Brunswick’s “Draft State of the Coast Report Development”

Recommendations to the NB Department of Environment and Local Government on Modernizing the Clean Water Act

Submission to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada: One Project, One Review – Comments on The Co-operation Agreement between Prince Edward Island and Canada

With generous funding support from the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, East Coast Environmental Law organized a free, in-person workshop entitled “Coastal Access: Law and Policy in Prince Edward Island”, which was held in Charlottetown on October 23, 2025. This report provides a summary of the workshop including the presentation by ECEL staff lawyers and key discussion questions during breakout groups with workshop participants.

Recently, the urgency of the climate crisis has been growing in tandem with geopolitical tensions that are motivating Canada to accelerate energy projects that can strengthen energy independence and provide greater energy security. Breaking barriers to interprovincial trade, exploring possibilities for regional collaboration, and finding ways to build new energy infrastructure faster are among the many aspirations of the current political moment.

Submission to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada: One Project, One Review – Comments on The Co-operation Agreement between New Brunswick and Canada

Joint ENGO Submission on Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Consultation Paper, “‘One Project, One Review’: Co-operation Agreements for the Assessment of Major Projects”

Brief to the NB Department of Environment and Local Government on Modernizing the Clean Air Act: Protecting the Right to Clean Air.