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Some ‘special interest groups’ seem more special than others when it comes to bending N.S. Premier Houston’s ear
Back in the fall of 2024, when Tim Houston was on the stump, seeking re-election as premier of Nova Scotia, his campaign literature was littered with photos of him wearing a big toothy grin that made him look like an awfully nice, fun-loving guy.
One of these photos filled the cover of the Progressive Conservative party’s election platform, and was blown up to fill the side of Houston’s blue campaign bus, along with the glib and giddy slogan “Make it happen.”
The Progressive Conservative campaign bus. Credit: Jennifer Henderson
There were a couple of hints of fangs in that smile, which hinted at Houston’s darker side.
Just before he called the election, breaking the very first piece of legislation his government passed during its first term, Houston took some vicious swipes at asylum seekers, as the Halifax Examiner reported here and here.
He also took a few cheap and predictable shots at the federal Liberals under then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, because he knew that would earn him a few – if ill-deserved – political brownie points with some Nova Scotians.
Mostly, though, as he sought a second term as premier, Houston just smiled that toothy smile, and pledged to Nova Scotians that he would make the province more “livable.” He made all kinds of grandiose promises to improve health care and housing, and you just had to believe him because…well…that smile!
A ‘supermajority” with a super minority of votes
In the end, Houston smiled all the way to a second term, this time with a “supermajority.” His party won 78.2% of the seats in the house, with only 52.8% of the vote. The 2024 provincial election saw the lowest voter turnout in Nova Scotia’s history. Just 45% of eligible voters cast ballots, which means about 24% of Nova Scotians who voted did so for Houston’s Progressive Conservatives.
But Houston still won, and his big majority gave him four more years to do exactly what he wanted to do.
Which – surprise, surprise – wasn’t what he campaigned on.
Instead, a whole new set of policies emerged, ones that Houston neglected to even hint at during the election campaign. When the legislature opened in February 2025, Houston “flooded the zone,” tabling new bills that were the equivalent of a chainsaw buzzing through democratic principles and pillars in Nova Scotia, repealing laws and environmental protections that had been in place for decades.
Related: Premier Tim Houston floods the zone with sweeping changes to government
Related: Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government
Related: The Halifax Examiner is responding to Tim Houston’s bid to Dismantle Democracy
The new boogeyman: ‘special interests’
Securely back in the premier’s office for another term, Houston was revealing a whole new unsmiling side of himself, which hadn’t made it onto that big blue campaign bus.
Gone was the back-slapping, glad-handing Bluenoser, replaced by a new and nastier Tim Houston, willing to take swipes not just at asylees and the federal Liberals, but this time, at fellow Nova Scotians whom he denounced as “special interests” and “special interest groups.”
“We must take the ‘no’ out of Nova Scotia,” Houston wrote on Jan. 21, when he informed his caucus that outright bans on fracking and uranium exploration and mining in the province were to be ended, because they were “lazy public policy.”
On the same day as Houston’s caucus letter, the Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) released a report calling for an end to the uranium ban, entitled “Take the ‘no’ out of Nova Scotia.”
Strange, that.
Related: Houston vows to ignore environmentalists, lean into resource industries
Mining Association and Houston in lockstep
The premier’s letter came just a month after MANS executive director Sean Kirby was making the rounds with his “lunch and learn” presentation. That presentation, revealed by a Freedom of Information request made to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), included Kirby’s oft-repeated call for the ban on uranium mining to be lifted.
Kirby also argued that Nova Scotia could be a “difficult place to do business” and called this “Putting the ‘no’ in Nova Scotia.”
And presto! A month later, Houston announced he was taking the “no” out of Nova Scotia.
In February, Houston tabled Bill 6, which ended a 2014 moratorium on fracking onshore fossil gas, and repealed the decades-long legislated ban on uranium exploration and mining in Nova Scotia.
Just as MANS’ Sean Kirby had been asking.
Related: Decoding the Houston government’s language on mining and economic development
The
reaction to Premier Tim Houston’s lifting of the ban on uranium
exploration and mining, and promoting it in three rural areas of Nova
Scotia, has been swift and powerful, with many citizens very concerned
and meeting to try to have the government reinstate the ban. This sign
is on a farm on a major road in northern Nova Scotia, near one of the
areas the Department of Natural Resources has issued a request for
proposals for uranium exploration. Credit: Joan Baxter Houston attacks media, unnamed ‘special interests’
In a Jan. 24 “To whom it may concern” letter – revealed by a media Freedom of Information request to the premier’s office – Houston doubled down and upped his Jan. 21 attack on “special interests,” writing:
When I released my memo, I knew special interest groups would mobilize and try to stop our efforts. That’s why I called out special interests explicitly. They are used to having control and do not want to lose control. But we cannot allow that to happen.
Houston repeated his claim that “special interests” had “captured” too many parts of Nova Scotia’s economy and had “an out-sized voice in policy creation.” Then he warned that these unnamed subversive citizens will “try to frighten Nova Scotians to achieve their goals.”
Parroting MANS again, Houston repeated that the “no” had to come out of Nova Scotia.
Houston then went after the media:
Many in the media will echo the false statements made by special interest groups because it makes for stories that generate clicks and capture attention. We cannot let these false narratives take hold and we owe it to each other to have serious conversations about important issues…
If you ever want to know what I am thinking, just ask. You will get a more accurate answer than you will ever read in the media.
In his response to the threats U.S. President Donald Trump was making to tariff Canada into submission so it would agree to join the United States, Houston had started sounding like him.
Ending the bans on uranium and fracking without First Nations consultation and engagement earned Houston a stinging rebuke from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs.
March
5, 2025 pro-democracy rally goers Hudson and Janet Shotwell, the
founders and former owners of Trident Booksellers and Cafe in Halifax. Credit: Joan Baxter
Othering citizens who care about the environment
Houston refused to identify the people or groups he labelled “special interests” – presumably anyone who cared about protecting the coastline and environment, and tackling the climate crisis.
He was deliberately othering a whole swathe of Nova Scotians. It’s a tactic often used by authoritarian and right-wing populists to divide people, create an “us vs. them” mentality to try to alienate and marginalize those groups.
However, correspondence sent to the premier’s office in January and February, revealed by a media Freedom of Information request (FOIPOP), hints at the identities of some very special interest groups that really are planting self-serving policies in the premier’s ears.
Perhaps not surprisingly, one of those is MANS’ Sean Kirby.
Mark
Haywood, Sean Kirby, Janice Zinck, natural resources deputy minister
Karen Gatien, and Pictou Landing Chief Tamara Young during the natural
resources standing committee meeting on May 27, 2025. Credit: Jennifer Henderson
MANS to Houston: give the mining industry what it wants
On Feb. 7, Sean Kirby wrote to Houston to share with him the results of a survey of MANS members. Kirby copied his letter to Deputy Premier Barbara Adams, and six ministers in Houston’s cabinet.
In his letter, Kirby said Houston was right to take the “no” out of Nova Scotia, perhaps forgetting MANS had published a report with that very phrase in its title three weeks earlier.
Not content that Houston had already done MANS’ bidding by repealing the legislated ban on uranium exploration and mining, Kirby added that this would be “meaningless” unless companies could get permits to do work.
“Structural change is needed. Minor or temporary tweaks are insufficient,” wrote Kirby.
Predictably, Kirby quoted the right-wing, corporate-funded Fraser Institute, which labelled Nova Scotia the “least attractive Canadian jurisdiction in which to invest.”
Such criticism from the Fraser Institute must have been anathema to Nova-Scotia-Is-Open-For-Business Houston.
Kirby then informed Houston that he should restructure the entire permitting process in Nova Scotia, take it away from Nova Scotia’s Department of Environment and Climate Change, and create a new Department of Mines that would be a “one-stop shop for permitting.”
In other words, Kirby was asking Houston to create a department that would not only promote and facilitate mining, but would also somehow regulate it – like building a house for the hens, and giving the foxes their own room inside to run the place.
Kirby was essentially asking Houston to give the mining industry – a special interest group – exactly what Kirby said MANS members were asking for.
‘Who is the premier listening to?’
For Karen McKendry, senior wilderness outreach coordinator at the Ecology Action Centre, Sean Kirby and MANS are very much at the forefront of special interests in the province.
In an email to the Halifax Examiner, McKendry wrote:
If you want to figure who the real “special interests” are in Nova Scotia, just take a look at who sits next to the Premier at a press conference announcing more concessions to the mining industry. Or look at who has provided quotes on a provincial press release when the Province justifies supporting more mining as a way to combat climate change. Or double check the provincial lobbyist registry.
In both cases, McKendry is referring to Kirby.
“Keep in mind that the only person or organization to speak publicly [at the Public Bills Committee] in favour of Bill 6, the legislation that lifted the uranium ban, was Sean Kirby of the Mining Association of Nova Scotia,” McKendry added. “All other members of the public who spoke about uranium voiced their opposition to exploring for this mineral, citing health and environmental risks. So who is the Premier listening to… Nova Scotians, or the 1%?”
Related: Tim Houston chuckles it up with mining execs while ignoring ‘the realities of the world’
Billionaire J.D. Irving chimes in
The media FOIPOP to Premier Houston’s office also shows that his attack on “special interest groups” curried favour with another major industrial powerbroker.
On Jan. 24, three days after Houston told his caucus it was time to push natural resource extraction in the province, James D. Irving, co-chief executive officer of the privately owned J.D. Irving forestry conglomerate, wrote to the Nova Scotia premier to “applaud” his “initiative to jumpstart resource development” in the province.
In his letter to Houston, Irving complained that investment has declined in the forestry sector, and that sawmills in Nova Scotia suffered from “raw material shortages because of policy constraints on Crown land.”
Irving hoped that Houston’s mandate “would translate into a more growth focused agenda for the Department of Lands and Forestry” (actually, there is no such department; it is now the Department of Natural Resources). Irving also offered to meet with the premier to “discuss the potential the forestry industry can provide to Nova Scotia.”
Echoing Houston’s own rhetoric, Irving then went on to blame “special interest groups” for the woes he perceived with timber supply from Nova Scotia Crown land.
Wrote J.D. Irving, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families, whose own personal wealth is in the billions of dollars:
Canada is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, and Nova Scotia is no exception. While we should be the wealthiest nation in the world given our natural advantages, we are falling behind other developed countries because of special interest groups and a general “not in my backyard” attitude.
There is irony in Irving’s claim that Canada is failing to be the “wealthiest” country in the world and falling behind others because of “special interest groups.” Irving’s own family’s corporate empire has for many years benefited from “federal and provincial subsidies, taxpayer-funded government contracts and tax concessions.”
The Irving family has also benefited from the use of an offshore insurance company that allowed it to “move millions of dollars in profits out of Canada and into the tax haven of Bermuda.” The Irving family has long had companies registered in Bermuda, “out of the reach of Canadian tax authorities.”
Tim Houston worked for 12 years as an accountant in Bermuda, for Deloitte and in the reinsurance industry.
So both Irving and Houston may be quite familiar with the special interests one might find offshore in tax havens.
The Halifax Examiner has submitted a new FOIPOP, hoping to find out more about “special interest groups” that may have influenced Houston’s government in the lead-up to last year’s election, and helped persuade him and his ministers to go all-in on mining, fracking and other kinds of natural resource extraction in the province, none of which the Progressive Conservatives got around to even mentioning in their election platform.
Stay tuned.
Premier Tim Houston’s expense claims leave questions about his March 2024 New York trip unanswered
A previously released Freedom of Information request offers some details of Premier Tim Houston’s trip to New York in March this year, during which he dined with EverWind Fuels CEO and founder, Trent Vichie, as the Halifax Examiner reported here.
But there are still important details missing from Houston’s official travel expense claims, leaving some big questions unanswered about that trip, and Houston’s meals with Vichie.
Houston’s office has failed to respond to four email inquiries the Halifax Examiner has sent for details on that travel, which he undertook in his capacity as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
The freedom of information (FOIPOP) release package contains Houston’s official travel expense claim and form for his March 2024 trip to the United States. Those offer more detail than do the summary expense forms posted by the Executive Council Office for his March 10 – 12, 2024 travel to Boston, and his subsequent travel on to New York from March 13 to 15.
Houston made those trips with his chief of staff and general counsel, Nicole LaFosse Parker.
The travel details in the FOIPOP package show that Houston travelled to Boston to attend the “Seafood Expo North America.” While he was there, he walked the Nova Scotia pavilion with Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Kent Smith, met with Clearwater CEO Ian Smith, and with Cooke Aquaculture CEO Glen Cooke and Cooke’s VP public relations, Joel Richardson.
In Boston, Houston also visited Vanguard Renewables, a company owned by the world’s largest private equity firm, BlackRock.
Dining with Trent Vichie
From Boston, Houston then flew to New York, where he has told the Halifax Examiner he dined with Trent Vichie.
Vichie, an Australian, New York-based private equity tycoon, founded and is CEO of EverWind Fuels, which has big plans for producing “green” hydrogen from renewable energy in Atlantic Canada.
Related: The leaders’ debate, green hydrogen, and the NDP’s silence
EverWind Fuels is proposing to build a facility at its fossil fuel storage site in Point Tupper, Cape Breton, where the plan is to produce green hydrogen, and convert it to green ammonia, for shipping to Europe.
To power the production of the green hydrogen and ammonia, EverWind is proposing several massive wind projects in Nova Scotia. These include 404 turbines in Guysborough County that will feed directly into the proposed Point Tupper plant, two projects comprising 70 turbines in Colchester County, and another with 15 turbines at Bear Lake, at the intersection of West Hants, Chester and Halifax Municipalities. The latter will feed into the Nova Scotia grid, and EverWind has told the Halifax Examiner it will draw an equivalent amount from the provincial grid to power its hydrogen and ammonia production in Point Tupper.
The citizens’ group Green Nova Scotia First says it supports the development of wind energy in the province, but opposes wind projects that do not help Nova Scotia clean its own grid and get the province off coal by 2030.
While Vichie has signed memoranda of understanding for the offtake of green ammonia from Point Tupper with two German utilities, he has yet to secure a final contract needed to attract the kind of financing required for EverWind’s projects.
In addition to its green hydrogen project in Nova Scotia, EverWind Fuels has an even bigger project planned for the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland.
To date, EverWind has received $165 million in financing from Export Development Canada, and $22.5 million from Transport Canada for port infrastructure in Point Tupper, and it has four lobbyists registered with the federal government in Ottawa.
Vichie is registered as a lobbyist with the Nova Scotia government.
Related: ‘Not smart for Nova Scotia’: looking under the hood of the hydrogen hype
Names of dinner guests redacted
Although Houston told the Halifax Examiner that he did indeed dine with Trent Vichie in New York in March this year, but that does not show up in the travel expense documents released through the FOIPOP.
Houston’s claims show that at 7pm on March 14 he had a “Dinner meeting with Everwind”.
The name or names of other persons or people present at that dinner meeting are redacted in the FOIPOP release package.
After that dinner meeting with EverWind, Houston transited back to his hotel, the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Manhattan.
Then at 9pm, the travel report shows Houston and LaFosse Parker had “Supper with Everwind.”
As is the case with the earlier dinner meeting, the name or names of those present at Houston and LaFosse Parker’s “supper” with EverWind are redacted on the travel expense form.
The code used to explain the redactions is “18(1)(a).”
According to the letter accompanying the FOIPOP release package from Laura Lee Langley, Deputy Minister to Premier Houston, that means the information – in this case the names of the people who ate with Houston at the EverWind dinner meeting and supper on March 14 – were withheld on the grounds that if they were made public, this “could reasonably be expected to threaten” the “safety or mental or physical health” of the people involved.
We know that one of those at the table with Houston was Trent Vichie, because Houston told Tim Bousquet that he did dine with Trent Vichie in New York on that day, and on several other occasions.
But we don’t know who else – if anyone — may have been at the table.
Houston’s daughter lives in New York.
Regardless of who may have been there, it is difficult to imagine how naming the people with whom Houston supped that evening could possibly endanger anyone’s safety or mental or physical health.
Nevertheless, that information is redacted in Houston’s expense claims released through the FOIPOP.
As mentioned earlier, the Halifax Examiner has repeatedly asked Houston’s press secretary Catherine Klimek for information about that dinner, and any others Houston had with Trent Vichie in New York, and met with total silence.
Our most recent unanswered inquiry went to Klimek on Thursday, November 14.
Inconsistency in filling travel claims
There is also some inconsistency in the way Houston’s travel claims and those of LaFosse Parker are filled out.
The FOIPOP release package shows that LaFosse Parker filled two separate claims, one for the Boston travel (total cost $2,586.50) with the purpose “Boston seafood show,” and a second claim for the subsequent travel to New York from March 13 to 15, 2024 (total $1,588.59).
For the New York leg of the trip, LaFosse Parker’s claims gives “Meetings” as the purpose of the trip.
Houston’s expense claims do show that he had meetings in New York on March 14, one a lunch meeting with the multinational technology and engineering firm Virtusa, and the other with Ravi Kumar, CEO of Cognizant, which describes its own business as “engineering modern business.”
However, Houston’s travel claim for his March 10 – 15 travel, does not offer a “purpose” for the Boston or New York trips undertaken for that period, and doesn’t even include New York as a destination.
Unlike LaFosse Parker, who filed two, Houston’s office filed only one expense claim for both the Boston and New York trips, the total cost of which was $3,789.66. Houston’s claim describes the reason for the trip as “Expense claim March 2024.”
Unanswered questions
There may well be no hard and fast rules about how these expense claims are filled.
The Examiner has asked the office of the Auditor General whether it regularly looks at and verifies travel expense forms published by the Executive Council, and if so what that entails. A spokesperson for the Auditor General said they would be happy to answer the questions, but asked that we check back after the November 26 provincial election. She explained that “as an independent officer of the House of Assembly, it is the practice of the Auditor General to remain silent during the writ period.”
There may also be perfectly reasonable explanations for why none of Houston’s travel expenses revealed by the FOIPOP or the summary expense forms posted by the Executive Council office contain information on the actual purpose of his trip to New York, and why he had a “dinner meeting” with EverWind at 7pm on March 14, and then a couple of hours later a “supper” with EverWind, and why Trent Vichie’s name is not visible on any of the documents.
But if there are good reasons for the information that appears to be missing on his expense form for the New York trip, then the logical thing would be for his office to answer inquiries from the media so that we could provide it to the public.
We’ve asked four times.
We’re still waiting.
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Premier Heads to Spain, United Kingdom for Trade Mission
Premier Tim Houston with Kevin Ryer of Ryer & Ryer Lobster Ltd. in Indian Harbour. (Province of Nova Scotia / File)
Premier Tim Houston will leave on Sunday, May 4, for a provincial trade mission in two critical markets – Spain and the United Kingdom.
The Premier and Kent Smith, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will head to Barcelona, Spain, to promote Nova Scotia’s seafood sector at events scheduled May 5-10. The Premier will also be attending meetings regarding defence and security as well as renewable energy before heading to London, England, for meetings and speaking opportunities to promote Nova Scotia to leaders in the United Kingdom.
“It is a privilege to represent Nova Scotians on these provincial trade missions. Leaders and the business community from other countries repeatedly tell me how highly they think of our province, people and products,” said Premier Houston. “Spain and the United Kingdom are top destinations for Nova Scotia’s fish and seafood exports. We want to strengthen that partnership as well as explore additional opportunities to do more trade with them. Nova Scotia has a lot to offer, and we’re making sure the world knows it.”
While in Spain, Premier Houston and Minister Smith will attend Seafood Expo Global, the largest international seafood event, which attracts serving industry professionals and buyers, at all points of the supply chain, from around the world. The Premier will also speak to international buyers, media and culinary decision-makers and influencers at an event promoting Nova Scotia’s seafood industry.
During his stop in London, Premier Houston will be the keynote speaker at the annual general meeting of the Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce at the House of Lords on May 13. Premier Houston will speak to chamber members and attendees about the long-standing ties between Nova Scotia and the United Kingdom and the opportunities that exist to strengthen cultural connections and the trade relationship.
Nova Scotia is currently focused on making the province more self-reliant by investing in the seafood sector, wind resources and critical minerals. The Province is also developing a comprehensive trade action plan to facilitate internal trade, enhance productivity and drive critical sectors with input from businesses and industry.
Quotes:
“The European market represents a great opportunity to grow Nova
Scotia’s seafood industry. By promoting our premium-quality seafood, we
are helping our companies expand internationally, driving economic
growth and securing a sustainable future for our coastal communities.”
— Kent Smith, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Quick Facts:
- Nova Scotia continued to be Canada’s seafood export leader in 2024; top global export destinations were the United States ($1.2 billion), China ($614.2 million), South Korea ($61.5 million), Japan ($58.9 million) and France ($48.9 million)
- seafood exports to the European Union reached $218.3 million; top markets were France, Belgium ($43.5 million), the Netherlands ($35.9 million), Spain ($31.9 million) and Denmark ($22.5 million)
- mission delegates are Premier Houston; Minister Smith; Nicole LaFosse Parker, Chief of Staff and General Counsel; Jason Hollett, Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture; Executive Deputy Minister Tracey Taweel; and Mike McMurray, Executive Director, International Relations and Military Relations
Additional Resources:
Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce: https://www.canada-uk.org/
Seafood Expo Global: https://www.seafoodexpo.com/global/
Information about Nova Scotia seafood and exporters is available at: https://nsseafood.com/
Other than cropping, Province of Nova Scotia photos are not to be altered in any way.
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Premier Going to France for More Trade Talks
Premier Tim Houston (centre) talks with workers at the Michelin plant in Bridgewater during a tour of the facility in 2023. (Province of Nova Scotia / File)
Premier Tim Houston will be in France May 24-29 to discuss market and energy opportunities with Michelin Group.
“Michelin is one of Nova Scotia’s largest employers. They know that Nova Scotia can provide the talent they need to reach their goals, and they already provide jobs to thousands of hard-working Nova Scotians,” said Premier Houston. “As a government, we are pro-business, and we know that Nova Scotia has so much to offer companies that want to innovate and grow. Working together, we can create economic opportunities that make Nova Scotia stronger and more prosperous.”
Michelin has produced more than 230 million tires in the province since 1971 and is part of Nova Scotia’s advanced manufacturing sector that exports products around the world, to more than 150 countries.
Advanced manufacturing represents $4.67 billion of exported goods and 7.6 per cent of total provincial gross domestic product. Nova Scotia's manufacturing infrastructure connectivity and logistics facilities make it the ideal choice for servicing Europe and North America.
The Province is currently developing a comprehensive trade action plan to facilitate internal trade, enhance productivity and drive critical sectors with input from businesses and industry. Nova Scotia is focused on making the province more self-reliant by investing in the seafood sector, wind resources and critical minerals.
Quick Facts:
- Michelin is one of Nova Scotia’s largest employers with nearly 4,000 direct employees
- the company’s exports account for nearly one per cent of Nova Scotia’s gross domestic product
- mission delegates are: Premier Houston; Nicole LaFosse Parker, Chief of Staff and General Counsel; Executive Deputy Minister Tracey Taweel; and Mike McMurray, Executive Director, International Relations and Military Relations
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News release – Premier Heads to Spain, United Kingdom for Trade Mission: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/05/02/premier-heads-spain-united-kingdom-trade-mission
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Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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Kennedy family endorses Biden over RFK Jr.
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Trudeau’s Brother Speaks Out, “Justin Is Not a Free Man”
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Justin Trudeau's Brother Is Driving a RFK Jr. Campaign Bus
The antivax bus is coming. Everybody's jumping.
“Anyone have a clue why,” Toronto Star columnist Susan Delacourt tweeted Sunday. “A @RobertKennedyJr bus, blaring ‘Stop Children What's That Sound’1, is circling Ottawa's New Edinburgh neighbourhood?”
It was a great question. Because, sure enough, a bus emblazoned with Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s face, proclaiming “the remedy is Kennedy,” was driving around the Canadian capital blaring, arguably, the anthem of the 1960s counter-culture.2
The fact that the bus (ok, actually, it’s an RV) was in Canada isn’t even in the interesting part: It’s who was driving it.
Behind the wheel with his wife and two children by his side, was and is Kyle Kemper: An anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and activist in his own right, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s half-brother.
This week, on a very special Bug-eyed and Shameless, I've got something to tell ya. I've got news for you: RFK Jr. is comin’ through.
When Margaret Trudeau’s marriage to her late husband, Pierre Elliott (Prime Minister of Canada 1968-1979, 1980-1984), was in the process of falling apart, she went off on the romp of a lifetime.
Much has been written and said about Margaret, and I couldn’t begin to do her life story justice here. But suffice it to say that she was rubbing elbows with — and often attached romantically to — Mick Jagger, Ronnie Woods, Lou Rawls, Jack Nicholson3, amongst others. (Her ex-husband the prime minister, was not much different, having dallied with Barbara Streisand before their marriage.) The romance that properly marked an endpoint to her marriage was, strangely enough, with Ted Kennedy: RFK Jr’s uncle. By the early 1980s, she was separated from Pierre Elliot and without custody of her kids and, without alimony, broke.
Then she met Fried Kemper, an Ottawa real estate developer, and settled down. The two would spend the next 15 years married and would have two children, Alicia and Kyle.
When Justin Trudeau — Pierre Elliot’s son, Kyle Kemper’s half-brother — became prime minister in 2015, the Trudeau family baggage was relegated to, mostly, curiosity. Best I can tell, nobody thought to ask Kemper’s opinion about the state of politics in Canada and Kemper didn’t seem terribly keen to offer it. Canada is, beyond a superficial curiosity, not terribly interested in the lives of politicians’ families. And that’s for the better.
In relative anonymity, Kemper became an early Bitcoin evangelist. Which was well enough because, as we know, being a Bitcoin evangelist is a full-time job.
He became a lobbyist, calling on the government to keep their hands off Bitcoin altogether. (Related: Kemper once told a magazine that the worst day of his life was “February 28, 2014, when Mt. Gox, a major platform, filed for bankruptcy.” Maybe a bit of regulation would have prevented that!)
It really wasn’t until 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic, that Kemper stepped into the limelight. In a rambling video, Kemper endorsed the increasingly paranoid politics that was infecting the right — and converting some on the paranoid left. “The real battle is not simply left or right. It is authoritarianism versus libertarianism,” Kemper explained. Kemper phrased his new turn to politics as an “affectionate” chiding of his brother.
Over the past few years, he’s popped up at the world premiere of the Plandemic “documentary.” (It was fiction.) He became a huge booster of the so-called Freedom Convoy, and joined Alex Jones on Infowars to explain how the occupation of Ottawa should push his half-brother to resign and trigger the “great awakening.” He endorsed the idea that the 2020 U.S. election was stolen.
And now, Kemper has joined the Robert F. Kennedy Jr bandwagon.
“One of the major concerns for many nations, including Canada, is the erosion of sovereignty under the influence of a globalist oligarchy,” Kemper wrote on Twitter. “But fear not, for Bobby Kennedy is here to champion our cause!”
Kemper is, unsurprisingly, big into the ‘wellness’ community: A hotbed of conspiracy theories and misinformation these days. RFK Jr., Kemper writes, is an “icon for health and wellness.”
The Florida-based Kempers weren’t happy with just endorsing Kennedy. They decided they had to roll up their sleeves and actively help out.
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Which brings us to the bus RV.
RFK Jr. joined the Kempers in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts to send off the Kennedy-mobile as it headed through Montreal, Ottawa — then, New York to San Francisco, intercity disinfo.
The unveiling of the project came, technically, via Gavin McInnes — ex-VICE, ex-Proud Boy leader, current dirtbag4 — on his poorly-watched streaming platform. McInnes showed up in a parking lot where the RFKbus was parked, and stumbled upon Kemper sporting a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN tshirt.
“So you did this all by yourself just for a laugh?” McInnes asks.
“Uhhh,” Kemper starts. “It's been a kind of evolving bus moving kind of art car. And originally it was as blockchain across America bus. My friend ran from Miami to Santa Monica, to raise awareness for blockchain and the homeless epidemic in America.” (Woof.)
As a purely DIY project, the Kennedywagon would be a strange and eccentric use of Kemper’s time, but he would be well within his rights to drive a camper up-and-down the U.S. spreading the gospel of a man who thinks poppers cause AIDS. (Dispatch #59)
But on the side of the RV is a URL: Healthedivide.com. That corresponds to the website of the first major pro-RFK Jr. superPAC.
Heal the Divide, Inc is registered with the Federal Election Commission through a pro-Trump political consultancy firm. The actual leadership of the PAC isn’t listen on their website or FEC filings. (Their first campaign statements are not yet due.) But Heal the Divide was incorporated in Indiana as a non-profit in April by James Heckman. (He is not, for you nerds out there, the Nobel Prize-winning economist.)
Heckman made his money in the sports publishing world: Starting his own sports news website, being acquired by Fox, joining Yahoo, and eventually founding publishing company Maven. His company would strike a licensing deal to operate famed publication Sports Illustrated, and a few other titles. And by all accounts, it went badly: “Heckman and [business partner Ross] Levinsohn are like morticians who drop a corpse while carrying it to the coffin and then trash the deceased in the funeral program,” the Ringer wrote in 2020. Later that year, Heckman was turfed and replaced with Levinsohn.
Since then, Heckman has gone down the anti-vax route: Sharing a declaration from a bunch of quack doctors proclaiming COVID-19 vaccines “experimental genetic therapy injections.” He tweeted last year that there are “over 20 million extra dead” due to Pfizer’s vaccines: “A crime against humanity.”
And now, it seems, he’s running a pro-RFK Jr. superPAC.
I messaged Kemper to ask about his involvement in the campaign. “I believe Kennedy is the Remedy,” he replied. Later, after multiple invites to join him on his podcast, Kemper said he had no formal role on the campaign.
I asked if he had any role wth the Heal the Divide. But, after several more podcast invitations, he did not reply.
Heal the Divide is big on accepting Bitcoin donations, which lines up with Kemper’s love of crypto. Kemper was also the second person to tweet out the link to Heal the Divide’s website, shortly after Heckman himself.
Kemper, for what it’s worth, is running his own quasi-campaign. He’s selling merch over at kennedy.party. His website reads that it “is an independent production not affiliated with the official campaign or it's committee. Every sale helps to grow the movement; ensuring that the campaign's message of unity and hope reaches as many people as possible.” (Which sounds to me like a political action committee, and therefore governed by campaign finance law, but what do I know.)
Whether Kemper’s Kennedy barnstorming is in service of Heckman’s superPAC or his own half-baked effort, it is both a strange tale and a sign of things to come.
Because, here’s the thing about Kemper: His core rhetorical message, of a constructive post-partisanship, in contrast to division and anger, is actually a really welcome one. And I do believe that it is genuine. It was a common refrain during the anti-vaccine occupation of Ottawa: We’re here fighting for your freedom was a common rallying cry. Most people, of course, see that emotionally manipulative language for what it is: A fanatical belief that their cause is right and just, and everyone who fails to follow is indoctrinated, a sheeple. Folks like Kemper profess, often earnestly, to believe in compromise and understanding, but are so enmeshed in their disinformation networks that any discussion is really just a debate that will eventually collapse.
This is a frustrating paradox: The people most emphatic about political reconciliation are also the ones making the problem worse. Still, we should hold out some hope that we can get back on the same page, especially as the brainworm-inducing memories of the pandemic fade.
Yes, anti-vaxxers have done actual, measurable harm: RFK Jr. in particular, thanks to his proselytizing and snake oil selling, particularly in communities without adequate healthcare. And it’s not hard to see that his campaign is a stalking horse for the Republicans, as they try to thwart Joe Biden. And RFK Jr. may not wade into the same kind of hateful anti-trans rhetoric as Ron DeSantis, say, but he does frequently suggest that Big Pharma is to blame for the existence of trans people. But it’s hard to ignore the fact that RFK Jr.’s — admittedly vague — platform does read like a thoughtful effort to start talking about issues instead of running politics-as-bloodsport. (Minus the anti-vaccine stuff, of course.)
It’s not enough to point at Kemper and RFK Jr. and say: They’re wrong, don’t listen to them. Because they have tapped into a very real current of grievance, particularly on the left. It is a space also occupied by other professional agitators and longtime polemicists like Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, Bill Maher, and a handful of others. Their underlying complaints, such as the excessive power of big corporations or the the United States’ penchant for starting expeditionary wars, have become rather unassailable. Indeed, I myself agree with them on a huge swath of things. Their skepticism and contrarianism, however, has gone off the rails. It has linked up with hard-right anti-institutionalism. Some call this horseshoe theory. I call it paranoia manifest.
As people grow disenchanted with the political establishment, RFK Jr. may yet become a welcome home. And Justin Trudeau’s half-brother may welcome them in.
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Premiers express optimism after pitching major projects to Carney
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Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks to media following meeting in
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The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative government lifted a long-standing ban on uranium exploration and extraction
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Premier Tim Houston unveils push for more natural resource development in Nova Scotia
Houston says it's time to take the 'no' out of Nova Scotia as economic concerns loom
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Digging into Nova Scotia's uranium ban — and what may come next
Nova Scotia has the 'perfect geological environment' for uranium deposits, says prof
When Premier Tim Houston recently raised the idea of reconsidering the province's ban on uranium exploration, the suggestion may have left some people scratching their heads.
After all, it's practically ancient history. Nova Scotia has had a moratorium on exploration for nearly 45 years, and an outright ban for more than 15 years. Some younger residents may not know a thing about the issue.
So what's all the fuss about? How did we get to this point, and what could come next?
What led to the ban
Although uranium-bearing minerals were identified in Nova Scotia as far back as the early 20th century, there were only sporadic exploration efforts made before 1976.
But when the Geological Survey of Canada released a study that year showing promise for exploration, companies rushed to stake their claims. The amount of land covered by uranium exploration licences more than doubled by the following year to cover more than 800,000 hectares in Nova Scotia.
Marilyn
Manzer was involved in community groups in the 1980s that fought the
exploration and mining of uranium in Nova Scotia. Manzer says she's
'shocked' the issue is back up for debate in the province. (Submitted by Marilyn Manzer)
The frenzy was exacerbated by Europe's interest in new energy sources. Uranium is used in the nuclear energy industry, as well as for nuclear weapons and in medicine.
Marilyn Manzer was living on a farm in Lower Burlington, N.S., when she heard that a French company wanted to mine uranium at the headwaters of the nearby Avon River in Hants County.
"We didn't know anything about uranium at the time. We decided to start investigating it."
Local residents formed a group called Citizen Action to Protect the Environment. Members networked with scientists, doctors and activists, with some spending hours in university libraries poring over scientific periodicals to understand the latest developments.
Public concern led the province to launch an inquiry into the industry.
Forty-four public meetings were held throughout the province, and the vast majority of speakers voiced opposition to uranium exploration and mining.
Residents and organizations raised concerns about the potential for damaging health effects due to radioactivity, the impact on miners' health, contamination of water and air, the potential for a tailings pond or dam leak, and the effect on agriculture and wildlife, among other issues.
People attend a public meeting about uranium exploration and mining in Halifax in 1981. (CBC)
"It was pretty intense," Manzer says. "The people who came to the meetings were very seriously concerned about the health and environmental dangers to Nova Scotia from this practice. And a lot of people came because they wanted to learn about it. And then when they did learn about it, they got active, and started agitating to try and get it stopped."
In 1981, public pressure prompted the provincial government to declare a moratorium on uranium exploration and mining, and in 2009 the NDP government legislated a full ban.
Both were seen as victories by those who had pushed for a halt to activities.
But another camp says it's time for the ban to end.
Industry support
The Mining Association of Nova Scotia says many people have misconceptions about uranium.
"Their understanding of uranium comes from action movies where uranium is painted as a villain for the sake of Hollywood storytelling," says Sean Kirby, the executive director. "The reality is it's an essential material that we all benefit from, and that mining it and working with it is a perfectly safe and environmentally responsible activity."
There have been "huge leaps" in the science and technology of uranium mining in recent decades, Kirby says.
Sean
Kirby, the executive director of the Mining Association of Nova Scotia,
wants to see the ban on uranium exploration and mining ended. (Submitted by Sean Kirby)
He says most uranium today is mined in such a way that there are no tailings ponds — areas where waste material is stored, usually in above-ground pits. Some operations now are largely mechanized, and the machinery that extracts the uranium is operated remotely by workers who are not directly exposed to the material.
Erin Adlakha, an associate professor of geology at Saint Mary's University, says uranium mining is the safest mining practice in Canada due to the stringent environmental regulations enforced by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. The CNSC publishes reports on the safety of Canadian uranium mines and mills.
"They make sure that all environmental risks are considered, monitored and regulated and they also ensure worker safety and also the remediation of mine sites," says Adlakha, who collaborates with the federal and other provincial governments to research uranium deposits.
Erin
Adlakha is an associate professor in the geology department at Saint
Mary's University in Halifax. She's in favour of lifting the ban on
uranium mining in Nova Scotia. (Submitted by Erin Adlakha)
Adlakha, too, would like to see the ban lifted. She says leaving uranium in the ground can lead to it leaching into groundwater, including drinking water.
She said the ban also stifles exploration of other critical minerals, since they are often found alongside uranium deposits. Under the ban, if uranium is found in quantities higher than 100 parts per million, exploration must stop, even if the company wasn't actually searching for uranium.
"There's no science based in that number," Adlakha says. "It's just an arbitrary cutoff."
How much uranium is in Nova Scotia?
Just how much uranium Nova Scotians are sitting on is unknown.
"We really had our efforts at uranium exploration nipped in the bud back in 1981," says Kirby. "So we can't say definitively whether Nova Scotia actually has any economically viable deposits."
But based on Adlakha's study of historical exploration and data, as well as Nova Scotia's geology, she believes the prospects are promising.
"Where we have this granite that is of the right type to produce uranium deposits overlain by this sandstone that would have marine waters that are great for dissolving and reprecipitating uranium, it's the perfect geological environment to form large uranium deposits."
A map shows the occurrences of uranium in Nova Scotia. (Mining Association of Nova Scotia)
She likens Nova Scotia's geological setting to that of the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan and the Olympic Dam deposit in Australia, which are two of the world's top producers of uranium.
Some known hotspots in Nova Scotia include a swath stretching from the Annapolis Valley through the interior of the province toward Halifax County, as well as the Pugwash area.
The Saskatchewan experience
Nova Scotia is not the only province to ban uranium exploration or mining. British Columbia and Quebec also have bans, as well as other jurisdictions internationally.
But another provincial government in Canada has embraced the industry. Saskatchewan has been home to uranium mines since the 1950s, and the current mines operated by Cameco and Orano produce about 20 per cent of the world's uranium supply, and include the world's highest-grade uranium mines.
The mines generated $1.6 billion in sales in 2023, and contributed more than half a billion dollars to the provincial GDP in 2022.
Saskatchewan has a long history of uranium mining, including the McArthur River mine. (Cameco/Supplied)
The industry is not, however, without its critics.
Ann Coxworth is a nuclear chemist by training and has been involved with energy and environmental organizations in Saskatchewan for decades.
She says many years ago, the hazards were not well understood, and "really bad mistakes were made," such as dumping tailings directly into lakes. Those practices led to contamination in watersheds that exists to this day.
Coxworth says newer mines are more careful, and technology has advanced over the years. Some proposed mines in Saskatchewan would see tailings mixed with cement and stored underground in the mine, while others would see only the uranium brought to the surface, leaving everything else below ground.
But she and others still worry about the long-term potential for contaminants to escape containment.
Ann
Coxworth has a background in nuclear chemistry and has worked with
energy and environmental organizations in Saskatchewan for decades. She
says Nova Scotia should not rush into a decision on uranium mining. (Submitted by Ann Coxworth)
"We keep worrying about what the situation is going to be 500 years from now, and that's something that the regulators simply cannot cope with, because there are just too many unknowns."
Coxworth offers this advice as Nova Scotia faces a potential future in uranium: "I would say be very careful. Don't allow things to be rushed. Be prepared to take the time to do all of the necessary consultation."
What's next?
Manzer says she feels betrayed by the possibility of uranium exploration returning to the province, adding that Houston's statement that he wants to "take the 'no' out of Nova Scotia" by pushing for more natural resource development casts her earlier efforts in a negative light.
"We were working our butts off, really, to be positive and to protect this province," she says. "I'm shocked to see this thing rearing up again."
Even if the government decides to open the province to uranium mining tomorrow, "there's nobody beating down our door," says the Mining Association of Nova Scotia's Sean Kirby.
"What you have to do is lift the ban and hope that lifting the ban helps attract interest in our uranium. Certainly there's interest globally in finding more uranium deposits," he says.
Media
walk the underground mine during a Cameco media tour of the uranium
mine in Cigar Lake, Sask., on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press)
When asked recently if a change to the ban was coming, Environment Minister Tim Halman told reporters to "stay tuned."
The spring sitting of the legislature — and the first sitting of Tim Houston's Progressive Conservative supermajority — began Friday.
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Uranium added to Nova Scotia critical minerals list as province seeks exploration
Potential exploration sites are in Pictou County, Annapolis County and Hants County
Nova Scotia opening bids for uranium exploration at 3 sitesThe Nova Scotia government added uranium to its list of priority critical minerals on Wednesday and issued a request for exploration proposals at three sites the province says have known deposits of the heavy metal.
Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton says the government hopes to reap economic benefits from the exploration in the future, although a department official said any potential mining project could be "decades" away.
"We are starting with exploration to learn about our uranium potential," Rushton told a news conference in Halifax. "Through a request for proposals, we are opening up areas where we know that there are uranium deposits. We will engage with companies with a proven track record for safety and environmental responsibility to explore them."
Each of the three sites is on private land and the minister said the government would begin talks with the landowners about its intent to explore the sites. The locations are: an 80-hectare site in Louisville in Pictou County; a 64-hectare site in East Dalhousie in Annapolis County; and a 2,300-hectare site in Millet Brook in Hants County.
"The world is demanding critical minerals that are mined responsibly, ethically and sustainably," Rushton said. "We need to move on these opportunities today."
Janice
Zinck, executive director of geoscience and mines with the Department
of Natural Resources, is seen at a news briefing on Wednesday, May 14,
2025. (Taryn Grant/CBC)
The province's goal is to use uranium for nuclear energy and in medical isotopes to treat health conditions, but Janice Zinck, executive director of geoscience and mines at the Natural Resources Department, said uranium mining projects can take anywhere from 10 to 20 years to ramp up.
"At least a decade in terms of doing all of the development work, permitting and raising funds, but each project is different and each advances at a different pace," Zinck told reporters.
Legislation passed in March lifted a moratorium on uranium exploration and mining from 1981, and a full ban from 2009. Premier Tim Houston has said the legislative changes were needed to make the province better able to withstand economic challenges from U.S. tariffs.
NDP Leader Claudia Chender said the uranium ban was the result of scientific study and public engagement, things that are lacking in the current government's approach.
"We hear about an economic development rush that the department itself says could be decades away, and in the meantime we have no idea how landowners and Indigenous communities will be consulted along the way," Chender said.
She also questioned the point of the list, given that many Nova Scotians are more concerned about the cost of living and issues such as a lack of housing and jobs. Chender said she believes it's a case of the government "needing something to say" about its plans for the economy.
Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender speaks to reporters on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Taryn Grant/CBC)
Meanwhile, Rushton said silica, silver and tellurium have also been added to the critical minerals list, bringing the total number to 20. Silica is used for solar panels and semiconductors, while silver and tellurium are used for solar panels and thermoelectric devices.
Minerals are chosen for the list based on certain factors including their use in helping the province meet its emissions targets, global demand and the strategic economic opportunity they present for Nova Scotia. Currently none of the minerals on the list are being mined in the province.
Rushton also on Wednesday released a subset of "strategic minerals" that are also prioritized. They include aggregate which is used in the construction of roads, gold used for electronics and dentistry, gypsum used for drywall, plaster and cement, and potash that is used in fertilizer.
'A total surprise': Municipalities unprepared for uranium exploration in their backyard
Leaders say they need more information and education about the issue
Some municipal leaders are feeling unprepared and uninformed after learning their regions could become home to the first uranium exploration in Nova Scotia in almost 45 years.
On Wednesday, the Nova Scotia government issued a request for exploration proposals at three sites it believes have uranium deposits. The three sites include areas near Louisville in Pictou County, East Dalhousie in Annapolis County and Millet Brook in Hants County.
"It's a total surprise to us," said Robert Parker, warden of Pictou County.
Parker said he doesn't know much about uranium mining and will need to start gathering information and perspectives about the issue.
He said right now, he can see both sides of it.
"We want to protect our environment and we want to know that people's properties are protected.… There needs to be really good environmental guarantees," Parker said.
"But I don't totally disagree with the premier neither.… We don't know economically where the future is leading, you know, with climate change and tariffs and all the rest of it. We also have to keep an economy that will support our citizens looking ahead."
In March, Tim Houston's government passed legislation that will permit uranium exploration for the first time since a moratorium was introduced in 1981 and a full ban was implemented in 2009. The government has pushed for more exploitation of natural resources to shore up the provincial economy, especially when faced with challenges from U.S. tariffs.
Parker said so far, he hasn't heard any discussion among residents about uranium, but ultimately, council will follow what the majority of constituents want.
But municipalities may have limited control over any potential exploration or mining, as mining is a provincial jurisdiction and the province could expropriate land if a project ever moved to the stage of mine development.
Coun. Ronald Baillie, who represents the Louisville area, also said he'll be starting from scratch to learn about uranium mining and exploration.
"It's all new to me, I'll put it that way," Baillie said.
If the activity can be done safely and doesn't affect the environment or present a risk to residents, "then I guess we'd have to look at it," he said.
Hants County
Over in Hants County, municipal officials have heard plenty from their constituents about uranium.
The area of Millet Brook, near Lower Vaughan, N.S., was the primary site of uranium exploration in the years leading up to the moratorium in 1981. The province's request for exploration proposals for the site notes that it is the only known deposit in the province that is of significant size.
Kayla Leary-Pinch is the councillor for the area that has been earmarked for possible exploration and lives close to the site. She said the Houston government's push since the last election to lift the ban has revived residents' memories of the debate over uranium in the late 1970s and early '80s, and raised concerns among newer residents.
One of her constituents' primary concerns is the potential for water contamination, especially as most use well water.
"I do share some of the concerns of my residents about water quality because I am a resident of the area," Leary-Pinch said. "I want to make sure that my well water is safe for my family."
Debate
over uranium exploration and mining sparked a widespread debate and a
public inquiry. Meetings were held throughout the province, including
this one in Halifax in 1981. (CBC)
She said after the province wrote to all 49 municipalities in February asking them to signal their support for more resource development, West Hants Regional Municipality wrote back to Municipal Affairs Minister John Lohr requesting more information.
Leary-Pinch said the provincial government has yet to respond, and that both council and residents need more information.
"It's difficult to advocate for residents when we don't have the full information to have informed discussions and make decisions."
Abraham Zebian, the mayor of West Hants Regional Municipality, said he feels there hasn't been an opportunity for residents or municipalities to ask questions of the province.
"You can't make a great decision if you don't have information on it yet, and we just have no information. So until that happens, I think we're going to continue expressing our concerns and standing with our residents."
Annapolis County
Diane LeBlanc, the warden of the County of Annapolis, said both council and constituents only learned about the selected site through a provincial news release, and she expects the province to provide more information about its plans.
East Dalhousie falls within Coun. Brian Connell's district.
"I don't know enough about it to say anything right or wrong," he said. "For now, I'd have to stay neutral until I talk to the people that live in the area and get more info on it."
Next steps
Proposals for exploration must be made to the Department of Natural Resources by June 11. If there is a successful applicant, that will be announced by July 7 and a licence will be issued by July 11.
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'Very disheartening,' says resident whose property could be explored for uranium
Province selected three areas it has opened for exploration bids
N.S. residents stunned to learn uranium hunt could be on their landSome Nova Scotians whose properties have been selected for possible uranium exploration say they're stunned to learn their land could be part of the province's push for more natural resource development.
"I'll be honest, this is quite shocking," said Ward Blatch, who owns a property in Hants County that could be opened to exploration. "The province, without even speaking to me, has made the decision to proceed.… I have no recourse. Do I? I don't know."
Earlier this month, the provincial government issued a request for proposals for companies interested in exploring for uranium in three designated areas it says are known to have higher levels of uranium. Those include areas near East Dalhousie in Annapolis County, Louisville in Pictou County and Lower Vaughan in Hants County.
Blatch says he has not received any notification about the potential for exploration on his land. He thinks property owners should have been consulted first.
He has owned his property, which surrounds a lake, for about 20 years and always planned to build a cottage on it.
However, between a windmill farm being built directly behind his land, plus now the prospect of uranium exploration, he has put his plans on hold.
"It's very frustrating to spend hard-earned money to buy a piece of property with plans to enjoy in peace and quiet," he said. "This is very disheartening."
Landowner permission required
After the last provincial election, Premier Tim Houston said his government would focus on natural resource development with an eye to shoring up the province's economy in the face of U.S. tariffs and slowing population growth.
Uranium exploration and mining have been under a moratorium since 1981 and a full ban since 2009. That ban was lifted in March.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Natural Resources Department said the province is preparing to send letters to landowners and municipalities providing information about the request for proposals and landowner rights. In the event of a Canada Post strike, it would look at other options for notifying landowners.
Why Nova Scotia’s history with uranium mining is complicatedIn Nova Scotia, land ownership does not include rights to the minerals beneath the surface. Those are owned by the Crown.
Companies that have an exploration licence must seek permission from a landowner before exploring. However, the provincial government has previously used a legal provision to allow for exploration on private land without permission from the landowner.
Property owners and companies can negotiate an agreement that spells out compensation requirements or other conditions, but the province is not involved in that process, the departmental statement said.
Previous exploration
Blaine Brown's property in Louisville is also among the many pieces of private land included in the areas that have been designated for potential exploration.
He has lived on the property for the past five years, and before that lived down the road for 37 years.
Brown says a company tested the area for uranium years ago, paying landowners $50 to drill a hole on their land. He says he never heard conclusively whether uranium was found, or how much.
"They never came to me and told me much," Brown says. "There were just stories and rumours going around that they had found uranium around here."
A uranium exploration company drills on a property near Lower Vaughan sometime before a moratorium was implemented in 1981. (CBC)
Brown says he doesn't know enough about the issue to say whether he supports exploration.
"I don't know what the impact is … like dangers or anything like that. I don't know."
James Oickle says this is not the first time there's been uranium-related interest in his property in East Dalhousie.
In the 1970s, he even did the digging to help clear the rocks so an exploration company could drill.
Now, at 82, he figures he doesn't have much say in what happens.
"If they're going to do it, they're going to do it, the way I understand it, whether I got anything out of it or not."
Companies interested in conducting exploration for uranium must submit their applications by June 11. Any proposals will be evaluated by the Natural Resources Department, and if there is a successful applicant, that will be announced by July 7, and an exploration licence will be issued by July 11.
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N.S. minister could override owners who don't want uranium exploration on their land
Tory Rushton says negotiations between companies, landowners would have to happen before he'd intervene
Nova Scotia Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton has confirmed that he could step over property owners to let companies hunt for uranium, but he said he isn't keen to do so.
"Right now we're encouraging landowners and the researchers to have the conversations, that's where it needs to start," Rushton told reporters Thursday following a cabinet meeting in Halifax.
Earlier this year, the Progressive Conservative government lifted a long-standing ban on uranium exploration and extraction. Two weeks ago, it put out a call for companies to explore in three areas with known uranium deposits.
Rushton has previously said that landowners have to agree, but he is now acknowledging that a rarely used legal clause could be applied if parties can't come to a deal.
"They would have to prove to me that they've had the negotiations … before we'd ever intervene," Rushton said.
N.S. residents stunned to learn uranium hunt could be on their landIntervened once before
Rushton has invoked Section 26 of the Mineral Resources Act once in his four-year tenure as natural resources minister. A mining company asked the province last year to intervene to allow for lithium exploration on a property in southwest Nova Scotia, and Rushton granted the request in January.
He said in that case, the landowners and mining company were in negotiations that had reached a stalemate.
That's the only time the Houston government has used the provision. It had been used just one other time in the past two decades.
"This is not something that we're looking at to be [used] on every case," Rushton said.
He said he hopes landowners will want to know what's under their land, not just for the sake of mining but for their own health. Natural uranium deposits can leach into groundwater, including drinking water, and they can release radon into buildings.
Opposition calls for more clarity
NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Rushton needs to be more clear about when he would intervene.
"There are going to be a lot of conversations where a company approaches someone and says, 'I want to use your land,' and the landowner says, 'No,'" she said.
"I don't think that's going to be an extraordinary event."
Interim Liberal Leader Derek Mombourquette said if he were minister, he would never invoke Section 26, and he hopes Rushton won't either.
He said "consultation is key" for avoiding conflicts as the province pushes for more resource development, but he said the government has been lacking on that front.
Mombourquette pointed to local officials and landowners not receiving notice before the province opened bids for uranium exploration, and Mi'kmaw leaders not being consulted before fracking and uranium bans were lifted.
The province is expected to announce details of exploration permits for uranium this summer.
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Deja Vu Anyone???
> From: "McGrath, Stephen T" <Stephen.McGrath@novascotia.ca
> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 12:40:22 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Does anyone recall the email entitled "So
> Stephen McGrath if not you then just exactly who sent me this latest
> email from your office?"
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thanks for your message, however I am no longer at the Department of
> Justice, and this email account is not being monitored.
>
> Please contact Kim Fleming at Kim.Fleming@novascotia.ca (phone
> 902-424-4023), or Vicky Zinck at Victoria.Zinck@novascotia.ca (phone
> 902-424-4390). Kim and Vicky will be able to redirect you.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Mr. Amos,
> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we will
> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>
> Department of Justice
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:16:38 -0400
> Subject: Attn Laura Lee Langley, Karen Hudson and Joanne Munro I just
> called all three of your offices to inform you of my next lawsuit
> against Nova Scotia
> To: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
> Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> https://novascotia.ca/exec_cou
>
> https://novascotia.ca/exec_cou
>
> Laura Lee Langley
> 1700 Granville Street, 5th Floor
> One Government Place
> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5
> Phone: (902) 424-8940
> Fax: (902) 424-0667
> Email: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
>
> https://novascotia.ca/just/dep
>
> Karen Hudson Q.C.
> 1690 Hollis Street, 7th Floor
> Joseph Howe Building
> Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
> Phone: (902) 424-4223
> Fax: (902) 424-0510
> Email: Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca
>
> https://novascotia.ca/sns/ceo.
>
> Joanne Munro:
> 1505 Barrington Street, 14-South
> Maritime Centre
> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5
> Phone: (902) 424-4089
> Fax: (902) 424-5510
> Email: Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>
> If you don't wish to speak to me before I begin litigation then I
> suspect the Integrity Commissioner New Brunswick or the Federal Crown
> Counsel can explain the email below and the documents hereto attached
> to you and your Premier etc.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
> To: coi@gnb.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Good Day Sir
>
> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>
> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>
> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
> suggested that you study closely.
>
> This is the docket in Federal Court
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>
> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/Ba
>
> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Ja
>
> April 3rd, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/Ap
>
>
> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
>
> The only hearing thus far
>
> May 24th, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/Ma
>
>
> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>
> Date: 20151223
>
> Docket: T-1557-15
>
> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>
> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>
> BETWEEN:
>
> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>
> Plaintiff
>
> and
>
> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>
> Defendant
>
> ORDER
>
> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
> December 14, 2015)
>
> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
> in its entirety.
>
> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter
> he stated:
>
> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
> You are your brother’s keeper.
>
> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
> Police.
>
> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>
>
> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There
> is no order as to costs.
>
> “B. Richard Bell”
> Judge
>
>
> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>
> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court
> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the
> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my
> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>
> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogs
>
> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
> five years after he began his bragging:
>
> January 13, 2015
> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>
> December 8, 2014
> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>
> Friday, October 3, 2014
> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
> Stupid Justin Trudeau?
>
>
> Vertias Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>
> Subject:
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>
> January 30, 2007
>
> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>
> Mr. David Amos
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>
> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
> Minister of Health
>
> CM/cb
>
>
> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Fo
> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
> http://www.archive.org/details
>
> http://www.archive.org/details
>
>
> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
> Senator Arlen Specter
> United States Senate
> Committee on the Judiciary
> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Mr. Specter:
>
> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in
> contact
> with you about this previously.
>
> Very truly yours,
> Barry A. Bachrach
> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>
>
>
> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
> tel.: 506-457-7890
> fax: 506-444-5224
> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>
> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.
> Integrity Commissioner
Hants County residents voice concerns over 'undesirable' uranium mining proposal
Residents organize meetings ahead of June 11 deadline for companies to apply for exploration licences
Potential uranium exploration worries Hants County residentsUranium mining in Hants County is such a hot-button issue there wasn't room for everyone who showed up at a meeting over the weekend.
More than 100 people attended the meeting in Vaughan, N.S., on Saturday to learn more about the Nova Scotia government's plans for uranium exploration in the province and, for many, voice their opposition to any potential mining.
"We believe there's no safe way to operate a uranium mine this close in proximity to an established community," said Chad Pothier, who was born and raised in the area and helped organize the meeting.
The community is right next to one of three areas the province wants to open for uranium exploration after it lifted a ban on the practice earlier this year.
Those areas include a 64-hectare site in East Dalhousie in Annapolis County, 80-hectare site in Louisville in Pictou County, and a 2,300-hectare site in Lower Vaughan in Hants County.
Chad Pothier, who helped organize the meeting, said a uranium mine would be devastating to nearby communities. (Paul Poirier/CBC)
Residents in Hants County have said they haven't received any notification from the government about possible exploration on or near their land.
Pothier said he scrambled to organize Saturday's meeting after only recently learning the province was considering a return to uranium exploration.
"It was gut-wrenching," he said. "I didn't even know where Millet Brook was [but] it's directly across from my property."
History of mining opposition
Many of the people in attendance signed a petition against uranium exploration in Hants County and provided their contact information to be kept current with the latest information.
"I think it doesn't matter where in Nova Scotia we live, it's important to speak up against this undesirable, incredible proposal," said Elizabeth Skelhorn, who lives in Windsor.
Skelhorn said she has family roots in the Martock and Windsor Falls areas and she's always been opposed to uranium mining over concerns about safety.
Elizabeth
Skelhorn, who lives in Windsor, said she couldn't help but smile when
she pulled up to the public meeting and saw the line of cars down the
road. (Paul Poirier/CBC)
The area has a history of residents advocating against uranium mining, which played a part in a moratorium being imposed by the province in 1981. That ultimately evolved into the outright ban.
"I'm not certain that residents feel as though they've received answers from … 1980, and here we are in 2025 and they have the same questions and same concerns," said Kayla Leary-Pinch, councillor for West Hants Regional Municipality.
Leary-Pinch, who represents the district where the uranium deposits have been identified, said she went to the meeting to listen to constituents.
NDP House leader Lisa Lachance was in attendance, but organizers said PC MLA Melissa Sheehy-Richard, who represents the area, didn't come because she had received threats related to the province's plans for uranium exploration.
Sheehy-Richard's office did not respond to a request for comment before publication.
Lachance said the province is trying to push uranium exploration without anyone noticing and many Nova Scotians are upset about it, but urged everyone to remain respectful.
"People need to be emailing their MLA," Lachance said. "But you don't need to make personal attacks against folks."
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Pictou County council votes to ask province to pause uranium plans
Council also voted in favour of taking steps to protect River John watershed
Pictou County wants uranium exploration plans pausedThe issue of uranium exploration landed in the laps of the Municipality of Pictou County council on Monday night.
Members were faced with two motions suggested by a member of the public related to the province's recent push for uranium exploration.
One motion called for council to request that the provincial government pause before granting any leases for uranium exploration, in order to give council and residents time to learn more about the potential impacts.
The other was for council to begin a process to protect the River John watershed and to ask the province not to permit any activities that would not be allowed in a protected water area.
Both motions passed, the first by a vote of 11-1 and the second by a 7-5 vote.
River John resident Barbara Harris brought the motions to council.
"Watersheds are not being protected adequately," she told councillors. "What does this mean for rural communities all across the province if we don't protect our water?
"And how does that impact all sorts of things — how does it impact agriculture, fishing, commercial fisheries, property values, all sorts of things? There's a lot we need to learn, and the next few weeks is not enough."
In a letter Harris wrote to council, she outlines concerns that uranium exploration can release radioactive matter that can harm the environment, including drinking water and living organisms.
Push for development
The Nova Scotia government has been prioritizing the development of natural resources in recent months, overturning a long-standing ban on uranium exploration and mining, lifting a moratorium on fracking and adding to its critical minerals list.
Last month, the province issued a request for proposals from companies interested in exploring for uranium in three designated areas of Nova Scotia — Louisville in Pictou County, East Dalhousie in Annapolis County and the Vaughan area in Hants County.
Many municipal politicians and property owners were surprised to learn that their areas were chosen.
A letter from the Natural Resources Department to the warden of the Municipality of Pictou County dated May 27 characterizes the potential for exploration in Louisville as "likely to take place."
'It doesn't hurt to ask'
At the meeting on Monday night, Pictou County councillors voted on the motions as an emergency resolution, since the council's following meeting isn't scheduled to take place until July 7, which is the date the province expects to announce successful exploration bids.
"There's not the time to fool around with this. This has got to be stopped," said Coun. Chester Dewar.
In an interview with CBC News on Tuesday, Coun. Ronald Baillie, who represents the Louisville area, said although he supported both motions, he's not confident they will actually slow the province down in its push for exploration.
"I think they have made a decision that they're going to move ahead with it regardless of what. But anyway, it doesn't hurt to ask," Baillie said.
Coun.
Ronald Baillie represents the Louisville area on the Municipality of
Pictou County council, and voted to support both motions. (CBC)
Coun. Andy Thompson voted against both motions, noting that he didn't feel he had enough information.
"I think we need to hear both sides of the story. I don't think one side of the story is how you make decisions, so I can't support this motion," Thompson said.
Watershed protection is not without precedence in Nova Scotia. In 2022, the province approved a request from the Municipality of the County of Colchester to designate the French River watershed as a protected water area after the community and council raised concerns about mining exploration. The designation means the municipality can ban activities that could affect water quality, such as new garbage dumps or mines.
Next steps
Harris said in an interview with CBC on Tuesday that she is pleased with council's support.
"The ban that we've had for 44 years was arrived at through a very broad and painstaking public consultation and evaluation of the risks, and the ban was repealed without either of those things," she said.
"To me, a pause is the only responsible next step for the government to take, and having the backing of our council for that is really helpful."
Community members have planned a public meeting on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the fire hall in River John.
The province has set a June 11 deadline for companies to submit exploration proposals. The government will evaluate the bids, and if there is a successful applicant, that will be announced on July 7. Exploration licences could be issued as soon as July 11.
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Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Subject: Fw: Urgent Bums in Seats NEEDED - Municipal Uranium Mining Meeting Tomorrow - Tuesday June 10th
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From: CoactiveCommunities <coactivecommunities@proton.me
Date: On Monday, June 9th, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Subject: Urgent Bums in Seats NEEDED - Municipal Uranium Mining Meeting Tomorrow - Tuesday June 10th
To: coactivecommunities@proton.me <coactivecommunities@proton.me
Dear Coactive Communities Participants,As announced at the end of our Foraging workshop this past Saturday, we need to gather together to block the rapid roll-out of life-threatening uranium exploration, which the province is pushing without proper consultation or common sense.There is a meeting in West Hants TOMORROW: the more people show up the better, so please pass the word along, drop everything, and come!West Hants Committee of the Whole meeting this Tuesday June 10th, 6pm at 76 Morrison Drive, Windsor. Your attendance is important because every person who shows up counts for many more. Everything is happening so fast that we're in an ACT now scenario.This email contains a lot of informative resources to get you up to speed and to share with others. To start off, listen to this 13 minute interview, by Chad Pothier, of Pothier Motors in Windsor, which covers all the salient points.If you absolutely can't come to the June 10th meeting, there are many other actions you can take--read on!(Note, this email is a combination of info from Guido & Andrea.)Being present for Sarah and Chad's June 10th Presentation to Council could prove useful not only to repeat the “Pictou County success,” but also to “learn the template” as a model to repeat in every Municipality of NS and create a “Critical Mass.” Remember that it is always and only “a matter of bums in seats.”
Now, regarding the attached info “Package”: (See Attachments)
1- Uranium Petition sign for window advertising2- Petition Sheet for signatures collection
3- Call to Action Letter template – Can be used as-is, or modified to fit the Recipient(s)
4- Uranium Factsheet (in a couple days likely we’ll get a bigger font, but for now go with this)
5- Uranium Myth Buster (..as above, for now go with this..) [note: web source for items 5 & 6 provided in links below]
6- Uranium Pamphlet
7- 6 point resource from Gillian Thomas: useful rebuttals to commonly made claims. (Six Houston Gov't and Mining Assoc.)
Links:
- Chad Pothier Interview link: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?app=desktop&v= nZhQNnVUhQ4 Group Website: https://knowuranium.
ca/ Provincial Group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.
com/groups/721337453787292/ - Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment: https://cape.ca/
the-hidden-health-costs-of- uranium-nova-scotia-doctors- sound-the-alarm/
See the two links at the bottom of that page for the handouts. (note: pdfs in attachments)
- Agenda & Presentation for June 10th meeting:
- Committee Of the Whole Agenda: https://www.westhants.
ca/committee-of-the-whole/ committee-of-the-whole- packages-april-2020-march- 2021/2025-cotw-agenda- packages/6898-2025-06-10- committee-of-the-whole-public- linked-agenda-pdf/file.html - Proposed Uranium Mining in Vaughan, NS: https://www.westhants.ca/
doclink/uranium-presentation- slides-pdf/ eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUz I1NiJ9. eyJzdWIiOiJ1cmFuaXVtLXByZXNlbn RhdGlvbi1zbGlkZXMtcGRmIiwiaWF0 IjoxNzQ5MjEzOTE0LCJleHAiOjE3ND kzMDAzMTR9. b43uxunvzUbMsw7OUbLtAABT_ 2mmHEMBNfQCYN6jMOs Regarding the Signing of Petition Sheet: (which is now a most relevant action) please, for ease and clear chain of collection, consider me (Guido) your POC (Point Of Contact) for collecting any completed Petitions Sheets. We have all Summer to collect, but please once you reach 5 completed pages let me know. Thanks: guide@
whiteeaglecoaching.com Please call or email me for any questions, clarifications or additional material.
Thanks a lot my friends, G
Guide G Furlani PCC, ECPC, TICC, MNLP
WHRM Police Advisory Board Appointee w WHRM Planning Advisory Committee Appointee w
Trauma Informed Coach Facilitator w Mental Health First Aider w ICF Bilingual Mentor w Cert NLP Master
1-604 779 5045 - www.linkedin.com/in/
guidefurlanipcc - guide@. WhiteEagleCoaching.com And Andrea
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