Nova Scotia and Feds Kill Offshore Gas Project, and Probably the Industry too

Nova Scotia and Feds Kill Offshore Gas Project, and Probably the Industry too
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to take part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 15, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Brian Zinchuk
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Well, isn’t that just peachy? Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government teamed up with the federal Liberal government to put a bullet in the head of the province’s natural gas industry, whose body was apparently still twitching, despite having been thought dead since 2018.

Nova Scotia Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables Tory Rushton and Jonathan Wilkinson, federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, issued a joint statement Dec. 4 overruling approval of the offshore regulator, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board.