The Ecology Action Centre is pleased to see comprehensive, clear reporting in the Department of Environment and Climate Change’s 2023 progress report. We appreciate that progress on each goal in the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act and Nova Scotia’s Climate Plan has been addressed in this report. 

Yesterday, Canada’s Fisheries Minister announced the continued closure of the commercial and bait fisheries for Atlantic mackerel. While this closure continues to impact thousands of coastal communities and fishers across Atlantic Canada and Quebec, the latest science states that the population is still in the ‘critical zone’ and at an even lower abundance than the previous assessment, the lowest abundance level ever recorded for this stock.

The Ecology Action Centre is pleased with the release of Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy.  

The Ecology Action Centre is pleased that the provincial government has gone back to the negotiating table to reach a balanced deal on the Atlantic Loop with the federal government. Nova Scotia needs to get off coal as soon as possible, and the 2030 deadline that the province has committed to is drawing ever closer.