Monthly Archives: June 2019

6 years on, New Brunswick anti-fracking activists still waiting on police accountability report.

Date: June 24, 2019
Author: NBASGA
Categories: Fracking News

Council of Canadians votes unanimously to call for RCMP Civilian Complaint Report to be released immediately.

Monday, June 24, 2019

On the desk of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is an interim report that Council of Canadians members, Mi’kmaq water protectors, and other anti-fracking activists from New Brunswick, have been waiting 6 years to see. It addresses community complaints about policing issues experienced  on the front lines of the 2013 shale gas protest in Kent County, New Brunswick, which was also called “Elsipogtog” and “Rexton” in media accounts.

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First Nations, Health and Labour groups weigh in with support for the moratorium

Date: June 17, 2019
Author: NBASGA
Categories: Fracking News, Moratoria

Within a week of Premier Blaine Higgs’ “Big Reveal” to the press that they have put necessary exemptions in place to lift the moratorium on fracking in Penobsquis, First Nations Chiefs, feeling blindsided by the move, are clear that any change in the status of the moratorium does not have their consent. As well, the New Brunswick Lung Association and the New Brunswick Federation of Labour have issued clear statements of their support for maintaining the moratorium.

We thank them all for their leadership and support. Read their reasons below:

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