Location: TBD
The Mi’kmaq and allies will converge to St. FX, joining Extinction
rebellion, demanding Prime Minister Trudeau withdraw plans to provide
“Industry ordered Regulations” on allowing a regulatory exemption to
Alton Gas to kill Fish. The “Kill the Regs, not the Fish” movement is
equating the lobby efforts of Alton gas to the same scenario played out
with SNC Lavalin and the lobbied for “ Deferred Prosecution Agreements.”
The group also demands Premiere McNeil to review any potential
overlap of jurisdiction of these “ proposed Fishery Act exemptions” in
the interest of both provincial and federal species at Risk legislation.
The proposed regulations disregard higher statutory laws such as the
Species at Risk Act, and constitutional rights and duties. Federal
regulations should not override Species at Risk Statutory law or trample
and by pass Constitutional rights and duties owed to Aboriginal peoples
in Canada and in this instance the Mi’kmaq people.