e-364 (Species at risk)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-50-02 Government Response to petitions concerning species at risk
- Atlantic salmon
- Avon River
- Endangered species
- Nova Scotia
- Transportation infrastructure
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The Avon River Causeway, in Windsor, Nove Scotia, was constructed in 1968 without proper fish passageway, and to this day impedes the migrations of fishes, including 'Species At Risk' the Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon and the American Eel;
- Upcoming construction plans by the Nova Scotia, Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR) call for a new bridge to span the remaining channel through which this river now flows, and where restoration of 'proper' fish passage could most readily be accomplished; and
- Considering the precedent for restoring fish passage, one that is well demonstrated and proven on the Petitcodiac River, New Brunswick, we consider the opening of such barriers to free-tidal-flow for fish migrations as the right thing to do.
- Open for signature
- May 24, 2016, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 21, 2016, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Fin Donnelly
(Port Moody—Coquitlam)
October 31, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00838) - Government response tabled
- December 14, 2016