Thread 512889306

This is why they're starting fires in Nova Scotia
>Uranium is one of four minerals added by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources to its critical minerals list in an update to the province's critical minerals strategy, bringing the total number in the list to 20. A new list of four "strategic minerals" - aggregate, gold, gypsum and potash - has also been drawn up.
>"This update shows that we are moving forward to unlock the full potential of Nova Scotia's abundant natural resources," said Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources. "We've lifted blanket bans and we're targeting minerals that are in great demand for the clean energy transition in Canada and around the world. We're also focusing on minerals that will help us grow our economy and create good-paying jobs for Nova Scotians."
>According to the Mining Association of Nova Scotia, the province experienced a "boom in uranium exploration" from around 1976 to 1981, when tens of millions of dollars were spent on exploration by various companies. Uranium occurrences were documented all over Nova Scotia, and other minerals were also discovered during this period as a result of exploration for uranium. But uranium exploration came to an end in 1981 with the imposition of the moratorium - which according to the Mining Association was "politically-motivated" and had no basis in scientific evidence.
>The Nova Scotia Legislature passed a bill repealing that ban on 25 March this year, with the bill coming into effect the next day.
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nova-scotia-lifts-uranium-ban-issues-request-for-proposals

>Geoscientists Nova Scotia threatens people opposed to uranium mining with fines, jail time
>On June 5, about 150 people gathered in the River John firehall in Pictou County, anxious to learn more about uranium exploration and mining, which the provincial government was promoting just a few kilometres away in a green pastoral and agricultural area called Louisville.
>The information meeting had been hastily organized by citizens alarmed by Premier Tim Houston’s government’s decision to revoke a four-decade ban on uranium exploration and mining in Nova Scotia, citizens who were desperate for information.
>One person who spoke to the crowd in River John was Brad Redden. The Halifax Examiner reported on that meeting, and quoted extensively on Redden’s comments that evening about the provincial Department of Natural Resources being more of an industry facilitator than regulator. He reminded the audience that poor oversight by the government led to the 1992 Westray mine disaster that killed 26 miners underground.
>Redden holds a BSc in geology / earth science, and he has worked as an exploration geologist.
>At the River John meeting, Redden introduced himself this way:
>I have a really strong belief that if you’re going to get technical information from somebody, you need to know where they’re coming from, because they have inherent biases, no matter how good they try to be. So, the first thing I do is tell you a little bit about my boring life. I started off with a geology degree from Saint Mary’s, and I spent three years in industry, one year doing uranium exploration, another year looking for anything I could find in northern Ontario, and then I spent a year in B.C. [with] boots on the ground, running the biggest drill program in the world. So, I was not completely incompetent. I never got my professional geologist designation, which means under the law I am not an expert. I have to tell you that, otherwise I’m going to get in a lot of trouble.

>>512889738
>In a telephone interview, Redden told the Halifax Examiner he made similar disclaimers each time he spoke.
>However, as Redden would soon find out, even very clear disclaimers from public speakers were not good enough for the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Nova Scotia (APGNS). >The Association then went on the offensive with warnings to Nova Scotians making public comments about all “natural resource (mineral and non-mineral) development” in the province, and also to anyone who heard these comments, or repeated them.
>On June 23, Redden received a “courtesy call” from Stephen Olmstead, registrar and CEO of APGNS, sometimes called Geoscientists Nova Scotia.
>As Elisabeth Kosters writes here, Geoscientists Nova Scotia and the other provincial geoscientist associations were created in the wake of the Bre-X scandal to protect investors from defrauding exploration companies, not to protect the exploration industry from criticism.
>Olmstead informed Redden there had been complaints about comments he had made at a community meeting in the Lower Vaughan firehall on June 9, 2025.
>Olmstead followed up the phone call with a letter to Redden on June 24. It specified that there were “public concerns” about his presentation and comments during the meeting, and about “the related media article by Wendy Elliott carried in the Annapolis Valley Register on June 9-10, 2025.”
>In her oped about the meeting and concerns about the lifting of the ban on uranium exploration and mining, Elliott included only two innocuous lines about Redden’s presentation:
>Geologist and activist Brad Redden stated that the Nova Scotia government is not equipped to regulate mining or forestry. He said, “the environment falls off the plate” and he worries about the government downloading responsibility onto municipalities.

>>512890143
>In his letter to Redden, Olmstead said Geoscientists Nova Scotia had complaints not just about his comments at the meeting, but also about “the subsequent media coverage relative to mineral exploration on the basis that while you may have training in geology (unconfirmed), you are not currently registered as a professional geoscientist under Nova Scotia’s Geoscience Profession Act.”
>The APGNS letter then cited portions of the Act and possible penalties — including prison — for anyone who “advertises, holds himself or herself out, or engages in conduct in any way that implies or leads or may lead any other person to believe that such person is a professional geoscientist or entitled to engage in the practise of professional geoscience.”
>In bold, the letter informed Redden that anyone who does this:
>…is guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction for the first offence to a fine of not less than two thousand dollars and costs, and, on failure to pay the same, to imprisonment for a period of not more than three months and for any subsequent offence to a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty-five thousand dollars and costs, and on failure to pay the same, to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months.
>The letter noted that Redden is not registered with APGNS, and thus must not represent himself as a professional geoscientist or allow his audiences to infer that he is one.
>In bold and underlined text, the letter then cautioned Redden:
>We strongly and emphatically suggest that you rectify this inference immediately in all your public communication and future activities you may undertake, or you may be subject to a fine or prosecution as per our Act (above).
>“In closing, I reinforce the importance of this written notification as a warning to you as per Section 24 of the Geoscience Profession Act,” read the letter from APGNS registrar and CEO Stephen Olmstead.

>>512890393
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-democracy/geoscientists-nova-scotia-threatens-people-opposed-to-uranium-mining-with-fines-jail-time/

>>512889306 (OP)
whats the big deal about mining uranium? anyway, sure, we have absolutely no right to protest whatever government and its industry friends want to do (unless we're feather niggers) and will be persecuted by them if we do.

>>512890393
As is typical of engineering fines in Canada, the 2000$ fine is very lax, considering the damage he could otherwise be doing.
Imagine if this was someone in the medical industry, and they would be way harsher.
Although he may be within his rights to free speech here, although has to tiptoe around many legal issues since he is not licensed.

There are billions of dollars of mining at stake, and this guy is getting a 2000$ fine subject to a trial. Seems fair enough.

And 3 years of industry experience as a grunt is really nothing to know what your talking about.

bump

the entire atlantic is on fire right now. nb has a few huge wildfires and NL is burning to the ground currently. its been an unprecedently dry summer.

>>512894513
>its been an unprecedently dry summer.
nah. 2020 was the same really, only a bit earlier. all the trails and working in the woods was shut down then too for about a month. its just retard journos always wanting to boost climate change lies

>>512894689
i can only speak for NL but we've never had a drought like this with this heat before. no rain in almost 2 weeks now so all the grass and forestry is like tinder.

>>512889306 (OP)
Isn't it only harmful when it's enriched?

>>512894841
same here buddy for sure. im just saying it was like this back in 2020 though the heat was a bit lower in general because the drought was in june-july. there were fires still, everything closed for going in the woods etc.

>>512889306 (OP)
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>>512889306 (OP)
snooze you lose newfies

>>512889306 (OP)
get fucked liberal maritime faggots

>>512894513
>its been an unprecedently dry summer
Leftist fires really dry stuff out with heat and smoke.