[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - January 23, 2015
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NWT chapter opposes silica mining near Chedabucto Lake
The Council of Canadians Northwest Territories chapter has written a letter to the Wek’eezhii Land and Water Board to ask it not to grant a five-year land use permit to Husky Oil to carry out exploratory drilling for silica in the Chedabucto Lake area on the North... Arm of Great Slave Lake.
Broderick calls on Prince Edward Island to ban fracking this spring
The Guardian reports, "A new citizens group [Don't Frack P.E.I] wants the provincial government to establish a permanent ban on fracking anywhere on the million-acre sandbar. ...There have been no fracking permits approved for P.E.I., but organizers say that could easily change with a knock on government’s door. ...It’s estimated up to 1,000 wells could be drilled to extract natural gas from the shale and rock formations."
Bank sees two LNG export terminals in BC by 2023
The investment bank Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. says it expects that British Columbia will secure two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals – one by 2021 and another by 2023 – rather than the three the provincial government in British Columbia anticipates by 2020.
CETA appears "wobbly" with provincial dispute, but ISDS lurks on the horizon
Newfoundland and Labrador premier Paul Davis' opposition to the Canada-European Union 'free trade' agreement over a disputed $280 million federal contribution to a fund to 'offset' the negative impacts of the deal given the loss of minimum processing requirements (MPRs) for the fisheries is undoubtedly creating a major political headache for prime minister Stephen Harper. But all provincial premiers and territorial leaders should also be thinking through the implications of CETA's investor-state provision on their provincial budgets.
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