In all, 12 Nova Scotia municipalities have called on the provincial and federal governments to launch a public inquiry into the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of offshore drilling and exploration off our coast. Pending the inquiry’s conclusion there should be a moratorium on any offshore exploration, they say.
The call of the municipalities reflects the failure of the province and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board to establish that exploration under current conditions is safe.
This despite efforts by the CNSOPB to convince councillors in Southern Nova Scotia that there is nothing to worry about.