Nova Scotia Cabinet ministers met for 90 minutes today, the first meeting in two weeks. Premier Stephen McNeil said he has not yet read the Lahey Independent Review on Forestry received by his government on Tuesday morning. He refused to take a position on any specific recommendation. However, he did say “my sense is whatever...
A Scotiascapes Landscaping employee was driving a truck that killed a five-year-old boy in 2013
Morning File, Friday, July 13, 2018
News 1. Scotiascapes On Monday, truck driver Michael Wile died while depositing a load at the Fairview Cove Sequestration Facility. Wile was driving for Scotiascapes Landscaping, which was issued a Stop Work order by the Department of Labour. An investigation is ongoing. In 2013, another Scotiascapes employee was the driver of a Ford F-350 pickup […]
Nova Scotia’s cap-and-trade system to go easy on big corporate polluters
Legislation introduced by the McNeil government to enable setting up a cap-and-trade system to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as part of a Trudeau directive to slow climate change was debated briefly in the Legislature this week. What is missing from Bill 15 — “An Act to Amend Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95,...
Political Manipulation Could Derail Nova Scotia’s Cap and Trade System
Political expediency seems to be motivating the design of Nova Scotia’s carbon pricing system, potentially creating negative consequences for the environment and economy. Last week, the province released a discussion paper on its proposed cap and trade system to comply with the federal government’s plan for a pan-Canadian carbon price. Public comments on this plan […]