e-1750 (Waste management)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-35-08 Government Response to petitions concerning waste management
- Effluents
- Environmental assessment
- Water quality
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The Kraft pulp mill in Abercrombie, Nova Scotia has a fifty year history of environmental negligence in Pictou County and has a plan for an effluent pipe that puts at risk the delicate ecosystem of the Gulf of St. Lawrence;
- Discharging 70 – 90 million liters of bleached Kraft pulp effluent daily into the Gulf of St. Lawrence will have a significant negative impact on the sensitive spawning, nursery and migratory habitat of lobster, herring, mackerel and many other interdependent species;
- The pipe threatens tourism and fishing industries in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Quebec which support a global food supply and generate billions of dollars in economic activity; and
- Thousands of commercial fishers in the Northumberland Strait and the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence depend on these sustainable fisheries to support their families, and coastal communities in which they live.
- Open for signature
- June 21, 2018, at 11:17 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- October 19, 2018, at 11:17 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Elizabeth May
(Saanich—Gulf Islands)
February 6, 2019 (Petition No. 421-03200) - Government response tabled
- March 19, 2019
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 179 |
British Columbia | 665 |
Manitoba | 39 |
New Brunswick | 416 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 64 |
Northwest Territories | 2 |
Nova Scotia | 2115 |
Nunavut | 3 |
Ontario | 991 |
Prince Edward Island | 847 |
Quebec | 758 |
Saskatchewan | 33 |
Yukon | 11 |