Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil won’t speak publicly about the future of Boat Harbour and Northern Pulp until Friday, a move that’s drawing heaps of scorn from opposition leaders who say the delay is unfair to thousands of workers in the forestry industry.
On Tuesday, Environment Minister Gordon Wilson said the company’s environmental focus report lacked enough science-based information for him to make a decision on the Pictou County-based mill’s proposal to build a new effluent treatment plant, which would replace the current facility at Boat Harbour.
Wilson ordered an environmental assessment report, a process that could take at least two years.
Source: Premier’s delay on Boat Harbour decision draws opposition ire | CBC News