New Brunswick Should Enshrine Into Law the Right to Clean Water, Says Lawyer
Richelle Martin says unequal access persists without enforceable rights, while municipalities and forestry interests urge lawmakers to shape the update.
- On Tuesday, environmental lawyer Richelle Martin urged New Brunswick legislators to enshrine the right to clean water into law, stating that current legislative gaps result in unequal access to the resource.
- The Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick requested the launch of an expert working group to protect the province's water supply, with President Brittany Merrifield stating, "Municipalities need to be at any sort of table where this type of subject is being discussed."
- Forestry giant J.D. Irving Ltd. representatives later cautioned lawmakers against regulatory changes that could negatively impact the provincial economy, with Woodlands Vice-president Jason Limongelli warning that domestic policies, not market forces, drive industry decline.
- Regarding the government's goal to increase protected land to 15 per cent from 10 per cent, Irving representatives argued this expansion should include mandatory 30-metre buffer zones around wetlands currently protected from development.
- On Thursday morning, the committee will hear testimony from physicians, an environmentalist group, and representatives of a First Nation, with three more groups scheduled to present next week.
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New Brunswick should enshrine into law the right to clean water, says lawyer
An environmental lawyer called on Tuesday for New Brunswick to be the first Canadian province to enshrine into law the right to clean water, while a forestry executive warned against regulations that would hurt the economy.
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New Brunswick should enshrine into law the right to clean water, lawyer says
FREDERICTON - An environmental lawyer called on Tuesday for New Brunswick to be the first Canadian province to enshrine into law the right to clean water, while a forestry executive
Environmental lawyer wants N.B. to enshrine right to clean water into law
New Brunswick – An environmental lawyer is hoping the province will become the first in Canada to canonize into law the right to clean water. The lawyer is pressing New Brunswick lawmakers to enact a tougher law to ensure everyone has equal access to clean water. A forestry official, however, has said stronger regulations could adversely impact the economy. The federal government had previously talked about a First Nations Clean Water Act, but i…
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