https://ecojustice.ca/news/statement-from-environmental-and-indigenous-groups-on-bay-du-nord-decision/

Statement from environmental and Indigenous groups on Bay du Nord decision

June 20, 2023

OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Équiterre, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, and Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Incorporated (MTI), represented by Ecojustice, are disappointed with the decision from the Federal Court to dismiss their case challenging the Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s decision to approve Bay du Nord — a controversial $16-billion oil and gas project proposed off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The environmental and Indigenous groups leading this case are exploring whether to appeal this decision to ensure the impact of Bay du Nord will be properly scrutinized before this project can move forward.

James Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Ecojustice lawyer, said:

“Just days after the United Nations issued a statement that called further approval of fossil fuel extraction projects ‘moral and economic madness,’ Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault approved the Bay du Nord project.

“In recent weeks, communities across Canada have witnessed the devastating impact of the climate crisis. Wildfires have forced thousands from their homes, and the resulting smoke has impacted millions.

“Ultimately, massive new fossil fuel projects like Bay du Nord should not proceed and can only cause great harm to our climate and our environment.”

Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Programs Director, Sierra Club Canada Foundation said:

“After the last few weeks of climate fires across the country we are more determined than ever that this project should not proceed. With every new barrel of oil we pump up and burn, the effects of exceeding safe climate limits – like forest fires and heat waves – get worse. We know we have a few short years to cut climate pollution. The recent announcement that Equinor will delay its decision on the project another three years shows how risky this project always was from an economic perspective. In three years time the movement toward safer, cleaner energy will be even more advanced and the climate crisis will be even more apparent to all. The courts have failed us this round, but we and our members and allies plan to use the precious months ahead to protect our ocean and climate from this terrible project.”

Colleen Thorpe, Executive Director, Équiterre said:

“The Bay du Nord project would fuel the climate crisis and threaten biodiversity. That’s why we challenged the government’s approval in federal court. The judge’s decision doesn’t change the environmental risks of the project. Equinor recently voted to put the project on hold for 3 years due to financial and market risks. These risks will not go away. We will continue to mobilize against new fossil fuel projects.”

Dean Vicaire, Executive Director of MTI, said:

“We still believe joining this legal challenge was the right thing to do. The Government needs to know that they have to do better consulting with Indigenous Communities. We still have concerns with the Bay du Nord development and will watch this project closely. We will do what we can to protect the Atlantic Salmon from any effects this project may have on their migration and numbers.”

Background:

The rapid expansion of oil and gas drilling off the eastern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, including Bay du Nord, poses significant threats to the climate, marine ecosystems, and the communities that depend on them.
Over its lifetime, the $16-billion project is expected to produce up to one billion barrels of oil, which will in turn generate about 400 million tonnes of GHGs — that’s the equivalent of running 100 coal facilities for a year or adding 89 million fossil fuel cars to the road for a year.
The Bay du Nord approval required that the project meet 137 conditions — including a condition that the project be net-zero on emissions by 2050. This target, however, fails to account for the massive downstream emissions the project will generate.
- When assessing the likely climate impacts of a large fossil fuel project like Bay du Nord, all project emissions must be assessed, including direct, and downstream emissions.
In 2021, the International Energy Agency found there is no path to net-zero emissions by 2050 that includes the continued approval of new fossil fuel projects. The Canadian government considered this report in its decision to refuse approval to other fossil fuel projects (such as the Énergie Saguenay LNG project) but has disregarded climate science in its approval of Bay du Nord.
The added shipping traffic the project would generate could have detrimental impacts on the constitutionally protected fishing rights of Indigenous communities, and on species at risk and marine biodiversity off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador including endangered cod, Atlantic salmon, humpback whales, corals and sponges.
A DFO Science report on the Bay du Nord project identified numerous threats to ocean life, including risk of an uncontrolled blowout.
- Recent experience shows that spills in the region are commonplace and hard to recover from. For example, in November 2018, the White Rose field offshore production facility spilled 250,000 litres into the ocean; no oil was ever recovered.

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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:47:20 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Attn Listuguj Mi'gmaq Chief Dean Vicaire You talked to
one of my foes Chucky Leblanc Now perhaps we should talk ASAP? My
number is 902 800 0369
To: lmgchief@listuguj.ca

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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:31:56 -0300
Subject: Attn Listuguj Mi'gmaq Chief Dean Vicaire You talked to one of
my foes Chucky Leblanc Now perhaps we should talk ASAP? My number is
902 800 0369
To: sisaac33@hotmail.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

, quentincondo@hotmail.com

Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation
17, Riverside Ouest
P. O . Box 298
Listuguj (Québec) G0C 2R0
Phone: 418 788-2136
Fax: 418 788-2058
E-mail: sisaac33@hotmail.com
Chief: Dean Vicaire

I had a long talk with Quentin Condo last night and realy liked the
guy I noticed that he found Andre Murrray's old blog about me (Anothe
brief friend of the shill Chucky Leblanc)

For both of our benefit please checkout this old pdf file very closely

http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf

To be brief here is some better spots within my so called "Rants" for you
folks to checkout

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/yo-roger-augustine-why-call-and-try-to.html

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From: "David Amos" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: "quentincondo" <quentincondo@hotmail.com>
Cc: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: Listuguj Mi'gmaq Chief Dean Vicaire and Chucky Leblanc etc

http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.ca/2013/10/listuguj-migmaq-chief-dean-vicaire.html

Monday, October 21, 2013
Listuguj Mi'gmaq Chief Dean Vicaire views on the Anti Shale conflict in
Rexton Kent County!!!!
One of the smartest Native I ever met!!!!! Made this one yesterday....he's
VERY straight forward with his words......

Posted by Charles LeBlanc at 4:47:00 PM
1 comment :

Anonymous said...
credit where credit is do Charles, this is a great interview, you even
kept quiet while he answered! great interview with a very intelligent well
spoken man, we need more like him in all governments, not just FN.

10:55 PM, October 21, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgTN7Tyi2b4

On 10/22/13, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:59:59 -0300
> Subject: I called you all and tried to explain how I can help with
> your concerns I repeat just say my name
> To: action@ecologyaction.ca, gretchenf@sierraclub.ca, tracy
> <tracy@jatam.org>, dgiroux@tlb.sympatico.ca, mjgorman@ns.sympatico.ca
> Cc: nmiller <nmiller@corridor.ca>, "wally.stiles@gnb.ca"
> <wally.stiles@gnb.ca>
>
> If nothing else listen to this and get pissed off lIke mean old me. At
> least that emotion is honest.
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/Corridor1
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
> http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/in-the-news
>
> http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/en/media/release/coalition-calls-leaders-act-immediately-stop-oil-and-gas-exploration-gulf-st-lawrence
>
> COALITION CALLS ON LEADERS TO ACT IMMEDIATELY TO STOP OIL AND GAS
> EXPLORATION IN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
> For Immediate Release - October 4, 2010
> PICTOU, NS – Today’s decision by the Canada Newfoundland and Labrador
> Offshore Petroleum Board (CNLOPB) to allow seismic blasting in the
> Gulf of St. Lawrence was met with shock and concern by a coalition
> calling for a moratorium on oil and gas development in the Gulf of St.
> Lawrence. The coalition - made of aboriginal, fishing, and
> environmental organizations - is calling on municipal, provincial,
> federal, and aboriginal leaders to act swiftly to halt the testing.
>
> “With this decision, the CNLOPB has approved an activity that could
> damage this entire precious ecosystem,” according to Mary Gorman of
> the Save Our Seas and Shores, “We want this decision reversed
> immediately, and action taken to allow jurisdictions bordering on the
> Gulf to have a say in its future.”
>
> “Seismic testing could start in the next 48 hours, potentially
> damaging marine mammals like blue whales, and disrupting fish and
> fisheries. This approval has given oil and gas as a toehold in the
> Gulf that could lead to full scale drilling,” according to Danielle
> Giroux of the. “Fishermen I work for need more say over protecting the
> Gulf. We want the CNLOPB’s decision reversed immediately.”
>
> “An oil spill in the Gulf of St. Lawrence would impact fish stocks and
> coastal communities in Quebec, PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and
> Newfoundland. Moreover, the national importance of this ecosystem must
> be upheld.” says Gretchen Fitzgerald, of the Sierra Club Canada. “
> Federal laws to protect endangered species and fish habitat recognize
> the importance of protecting our shared biodiversity and resources.
> This decision is not reflecting this shared responsibility or concerns
> expressed by groups around the Gulf.”
>
> -30-
>
> For more information, please contact:
>
> Mary Gorman, Save our Seas and Shores,
> 902-926-2128/mjgorman@ns.sympatico.ca
>
> Danielle Giroux (Francais), Attention Fragile (Magdalen Islands)
> 418-969-9440/dgiroux@tlb.sympatico.ca
>
> Gretchen Fitzgerald, Director, Sierra Club Atlantic, 902-444-3113/
> gretchenf@sierraclub.ca
>
> Mark Butler, Policy Director, Ecology Action Centre,
> 902-429-5287/action@ecologyaction.ca
>

David Raymond Amos Round 3

Tuesday 5 September 2023