The Government of Canada Accepts Panel Conclusion for the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal

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December 18, 2007
OTTAWA The Government of Canada today announced that it accepts the joint
review panel's conclusions on the environmental assessment of the proposed Whites
Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
"The Government of Canada will not be moving forward with any authorizations
as the proposed project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects
that cannot be justified under the circumstances," said the Honourable Loyola Hearn,
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
The Joint Review Panel was mandated by the federal and provincial ministers of
the Environment in November 2004 to assess the environmental effects of the proposed
project.
The Government of Canada accepts the joint review panel's October 2007 findings
that the negative effects of this project outweigh the benefits and it is not in
the public interest to proceed.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Transport Canada were the lead federal departments
and provided expert advice at the panel hearings.
"The decision to accept the panel's findings is consistent with the Government
of Canada's commitment to protect the environment to ensure the quality of life
for Canadians, now and in the future," said the Honourable Laurence Cannon, Minister
of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
The Joint Panel received more than two hundred oral and written submissions from
June 16 to 30, 2007 in Digby, Nova Scotia and received more than three hundred written
comments on the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed project.
The Government of Canada's Response to the Environmental Assessment Report of
the Joint Review Panel on the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project
(the Project)

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Media Relations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa
613-990-7537

Maurice Landry
Transport Canada
506-851-7562

Steve Outhouse
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa
613-992-3474

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