The first citizen-led prosecution under Nova Scotia’s Environment Act will proceed in Provincial Court June 13. Judge Gregory Lenihan has ruled there are sufficient grounds to support charges brought by Harrietsfield resident Marlene Brown against two numbered companies and one individual who ran a construction salvage yard known as RDM Recycling since 2002. Brown has...
Forcing the government’s hand
Harrietsfield resident Marlene Brown becomes the first Nova Scotian to pursue a private prosecution for environmental damages.
Tomorrow a Harrietsfield woman will become the first citizen in Nova Scotia to lay charges or undertake a “private prosecution” under the Environment Act against two individuals and two numbered companies. Both companies are no longer active, but one of them was in the stable of the Municipal Group, which also owns Dexter Construction. The private prosecution...