Mi'kmaw chiefs want environmental racism report and recommendations released

Michael Gorman · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 25, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 25

The main of Membertou First Nation says the report by a sheet on environmental racism successful Nova Scotia needs to beryllium released.

Terry Paul says helium and different Mi'kmaw chiefs person discussed the substance and portion they've not seen the report themselves, they judge making it public is an issue of accountability. 

"We hold that that study would beryllium important for the radical successful Nova Scotia to cognize truthful that we tin woody with those issues," helium told CBC News.

"That authorities study should beryllium made public."

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The instauration of the sheet and its study was the effect of an NDP amendment to a portion of large environmental legislation from the Progressive Conservative authorities successful 2022.

While the study was delivered to the state a twelvemonth ago, small is known astir its contents.

Becky Druhan, the furniture curate liable for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism, would not accidental past period if she'd adjacent work the recommendations.

And portion Deputy Premier Barb Adams said successful March that the study is being utilized and shared crossed government, elder nationalist works officials told a legislature committee earlier this period that they've not seen it.

L'nu Affairs Minister Leah Martin told CBC News connected Tuesday that she's seen the report, but she wouldn't stock immoderate thoughts connected the document.

"I truly wouldn't privation to instrumentality distant from what we're present to bash today," Martin said pursuing an announcement she made with Paul of almost $900,000 successful authorities enactment to assistance Mi'kmaw communities successful Cape Breton respond to the effects of clime change.

Martin did not look to stock Paul's presumption that the study and its recommendations should beryllium made public.

"The bully enactment was done to pass authorities and it's done that. So I would accidental that with that, I respectfully consciousness similar that enactment has been done successful a bully way."