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Attachment Say No to Bay du Nord Project!

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Calli Telford
  • Reference Number: 81
  • Submitted: 2022-04-05 - 11:09 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Dear Reader,   I'm writing to you today to urge you not to allow the Bay du Nord Development to pursue. Environmentally, I know first hand how detrimental oil and gas extraction and distribution are to the water and earth. Leaks and spills happen to every peice of infrastructure and are impossible to contain in the ocean. Marine life will suffer, for much longer than 30 years. I adamantly believe in prioritizing people over profit, and this development is all about profit. Stop colluding with oil and gas and focus on what needs to be done for the future of ALL Canadians, invest in green energy solutions! Fossil fuel does not need to own our lives and livelihoods!   Govern for the PEOPLE, not the PROFIT off exploiting the people, land, and waters. Leave the oil in the ground! Support sustainable practices! If you wanna dig then implement geothermal services through cities and towns, stop extracting oil, stop ...

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Attachment read the IPCC report

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Timothy Vesely
  • Reference Number: 80
  • Submitted: 2022-04-04 - 3:25 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Dear Minister Guilbeault, Have you read the latest IPCC report? We're facing a climate catastrophe if we don't move away from carbon based energy sources. We can't afford any more new oil and gas projects. We need to support renewable energy production. Say no the Bay Du Nord project. Say no to Climate Catastrophe. Say yes to renewable energy development and a livable future. Thanks,  Tim Vesely

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Attachment Economic catastrophe for Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Stephen Goulding
  • Reference Number: 79
  • Submitted: 2022-03-10 - 2:44 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • The oil and gas industry is THE economic base for the NL economy. Make no mistake about it. The rejection of this project will spell the beginning of the end of the NL economy. And for what? To make the rest of Canada feel good about themselves. To serve some political agenda? You have to be naive to think that halting this project will have any effect on global oil demand. The world uses almost 100 million bbls of oil per day. Even at thehigh-range estimates, Bay du Nord's reserves represent about 10-12 days of global consumption. If that oil is not provided from here, rest assured it will come from somewhere else and I am pretty confident that it will not be developed as responsibly as Equinor plans to do. As we transition to emission-free energy, we should be embracing companies like Equinor, welcoming their investment and reinvesting the taxes and royalties from that into renewable energy projects. The uncertainty caused since the first delay in December has already had ...

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Attachment Approve Bay du Nord - Newfoundland and Labrador's Future Depends on it

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Kristopher Drodge
  • Reference Number: 78
  • Submitted: 2022-03-10 - 10:40 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Do not make this decision political - follow the legislated process and do not add additional uknown risk to an already thorough and respected approval and assessment process that will unfortunately paint this country as closed for buisness, unprofessional and without ability to understand requirements of essential energy supply. With the very real potential that the Bay du Nord project could contain nearly one billion barrels of recoverable energy resources in one of most environmentally efficient operations on the planet, we can safely predict that the project could bring an estimated $25 billion in direct government benefit in tax and royalties and millions in person years of work to the economy of Canada and to the sustainability of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bay du Nord is and ABATED energy project that will have some of the lowest emissions ever seen on an oil and gas platform on the planet.  This is exactly what the purpose of the COP 26 ...

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Attachment Please Do Not Approve the Baie Du Nord Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Donald Beattie
  • Reference Number: 77
  • Submitted: 2022-03-10 - 6:52 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Thank you for the opportunity to comment. As the climate emergency worsens and the window of opportunity to change Canada's direction closes, I believe that now is the time to commit to leaving oil in the ground. This decision requires courage, and I hope the federal government rises to the occasion.  There's no second chance. Please refuse this application. Sincerely, Donald Beattie 

Attachment Reject Bay du Nord

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Bria Aird
  • Reference Number: 76
  • Submitted: 2022-03-07 - 12:15 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • In the face of the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC, as well as all our accumulated knowledge about the climate crises, approval of the Bay du Nord Project through an Environmental Assessment process would be profoundly cynical. New investment in fossil fuel is not compatible with a liveable future. New oil extraction and infrastructure projects displace the potential for investments in renewable energy - an approach to energy that will not only help Canada meet our climate committments, but also more job dense and more resilient to geo-political threats. Beyond the obvious environmental impacts, the dependence of Canada's economy on fossil fuel extraction is making us increasingly vulnerable. Do not dig us deeper into that hole with approval of this project.

Attachment Assessment: Bay du Nord Development Project will put Canada at serious risk of civil and possibly criminal litigation

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Mark Simmons
  • Reference Number: 75
  • Submitted: 2022-03-05 - 6:06 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • In light of the most recent report from the IPCC -- which demonstrates that climate breakdown is happening faster than expected and that the window to take action is rapidly closing -- the government of Canada has no choice but to immediately stop this project.  Any decision to move forward in light of these findings -- which clearly demonstrate the economic, social and health risks that climate change poses to humanity -- would make any decision-makers that support this project to move forward subject to civil and perhaps criminal litigation.  I've attached the IPCC's summary for policy-makers, which I strongly recommend decision-makers review in detail.. To be specific, the economic benefits that this project to Newfoundlanders and Canadians will be vastly overshadowed by the economic, social and health costs that will be incurred due to increased climate disasters.  Canadians, like all citizens of the world, will be forced to pay the steep economic ...
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  • Front cover artwork: A Borrowed Planet - Inherited from our ancestors. On loan from our children. by Alisa Singer, www.environmentalgraphiti.org © 2022 All rights reserved. Source: IPCC. IPCC has exclusive rights to "A Borrowed Planet". The artwork can only be reproduced as part of the cover of the WGII Summary for Policymakers. You may freely download and copy the front cover for your personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell or redistribute it and provided that the IPCC will be acknowledged as the source of the material used herein. For any other use, permission is required. To obtain permission, please address your request to the IPCC Secretariat at ipcc-sec@wmo.int. APPROVED Summary for Policymakers IPCC WGII Sixth Assessment Report Subject to Copyedit SPM-1 Total pages: 35 Summary for Policymakers Drafting Authors: Hans-O. Pörtner (Germany), Debra C. ...
Climate change General opposition to project Weather Events / Flooding / Hazards

Attachment Investing in oil & gas infrastructure at this critical moment is unconscionable

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Rebecca Marchand-Smith
  • Reference Number: 74
  • Submitted: 2022-03-04 - 11:12 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • To whom it may concern: The proposed Bay du Nord offshore oil drilling project, which is backed by Norwegian oil giant Equinor (net worth approx. $66,000,000,000), is purported to be an important economic blessing to the citizens and workers of Newfoundland, and that the emissions intensity of the project itself would be incredibly low.  This is absolutely untrue and realization of this project would further cement the path we are on: mass suffering and eventual extinction of the human species due to creating an unlivable environment on planet Earth.  In order to avoid this dystopian future, we must stop extracting and burning fossil fuels. The economic benefits to Newfoundlanders and Canadians will be vastly overshadowed by the damage caused due to increased climate disasters.  Canada is warming at twice the global rate and we are currently on a path of up to 11°C warming by the turn of the century (Overview of Climate Change in ...

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Climate change General opposition to project Human Health and Well-Being Local Population Project Alternatives Weather Events / Flooding / Hazards

Attachment UW EARS - Comment on the Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: University of Waterloo Environmental Assessment Review Society submitted by Simon Popescu
  • Reference Number: 72
  • Submitted: 2022-03-03 - 9:37 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Introduction The University of Waterloo’s Environmental Assessment Review Society has completed its evaluation of the Bay du Nord Offshore Oil and Gas Project (#80154) proposed by Equinor. It is our opinion that the project proposal should be rejected by the Minister. We recommend that investments in the proposed project be allocated into areas which can proactively address the environmental and economic concerns of the province such as renewable energy development and pandemic recovery.    Biophysical Impacts  The Environmental Impact Statement lists direct or indirect contamination through the food chain as a potential unplanned project impact. However, it does not adequately address the threat nor the potential for species at risk vulnerable to dramatic environmental changes such as the proposed effects of this project and implications to the greater Atlantic food web. As species counts may ...
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  • Introduction The University of Waterloo’s Environmental Assessment Review Society has completed its evaluation of the Bay du Nord Offshore Oil and Gas Project (#80154) proposed by Equinor. It is our opinion that the project proposal should be rejected by the Minister. We recommend that investments in the proposed project be allocated into areas which can proactively address the environmental and economic concerns of the province such as renewable energy development and pandemic recovery. Biophysical Impacts The Environmental Impact Statement lists direct or indirect contamination through the food chain as a potential unplanned project impact. However, it does not adequately address the threat nor the potential for species at risk vulnerable to dramatic environmental changes such as the proposed effects of this project and implications to the greater Atlantic food web. As species counts may shift, this has the potential to harm the country’s GDP at large due ...
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Attachment something is wrong

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Canadas future submitted by Robert Kraft
  • Reference Number: 71
  • Submitted: 2022-03-02 - 6:54 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • I just saw this site and am sad to hear,the comments made about our energy future. Being from western Canada naturally I am not a fan of off shore when we can supply you with a pipeline from a mostly operating infrustructure,useing the best technologey in the world from Alberta, have any of the people against our Candian oil producers ever listend to other thoughts,destoying our ability to be self sufficiant in energy is a real issue.lets not be importing oil from regimes who use the profits to hurt us. Climate change is happening but you can not change things by destroying our security ,Willie Soon, who has been researching the relationship between the sun and the Earth’s climate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for three decades, blasted the IPCC’s “Summary For Policymakers” (SPM) as well. “It is no wonder that the draft SPM report has sold everyone yet another blatant untruth, that it is all about the CO2 that has driven all ...

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Attachment Je suis contre le projet de construction d'une nouvelle plateforme de forage en mer à Bay du Nord, Terre-Neuve

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Marise Mathieu
  • Reference Number: 70
  • Submitted: 2022-02-21 - 11:34 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Le 6 mars prochain, le gouvernement canadien, par l'entremise de son ministre de l'environnement, l'honorable Steven Guilbeault, doit absolument refuser le projet de plateforme de forage à Bay du Nord. Ce projet irait à l'encontre de nos objectifs de diminution des GES et empêcherait l'atteinte de nos objectifs de carboneutralité pour 2050. Plus aucun projet impliquant des energies fossiles ne peut être ni accepté ni entrepris au Canada si nous voulons respecter nos engagements et protéger notre monde, la planète et nos enfants. Le Canada doit être exemplaire et montrer sa determination à sortir rapidement des energies fossiles. Développer ce projet ne permet pas cette exemplarité. Cette décision, bien que difficile et lourde de conséquences, représente une occasion de démontrer notre sérieux, de penser la transition en soutenant Terre-Neuve, ses ...

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Attachment Refus du projet pétrolier Baie du Nord

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: ariane thériault
  • Reference Number: 69
  • Submitted: 2022-02-20 - 7:19 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Je m'adresse au gouvernement canadien pour me prononcer contre la projet pétrolier Baie du Nord. Un autre projet pétrolier! Nous sommes à l'ère de la transition énergétique. On ne veut pas d'un autre projet lié aux énergies fossiles. Ce projet vient à l'encontre des objectifs de réduction de GES du Canada pour 2030 et 2050. Il faut commencer dès maintenant à cesser les nouveaux développements énergétiques au pétrole et plutôt utiliser nos ressources pour développer des projets énergétiques renouvelables. Bien que le projet vente ses bienfaits économiques pour la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador ainsi que la création d'emplois, ce n'est plus suffisant pour justifier la pollution importante de l'exploitation pétrolière. Il est tout aussi possible de favoriser le développement ...

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Attachment No Fossil Fuel Development in Bay du Nord

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: For Our Kids Montreal submitted by Suzanne Moody
  • Reference Number: 68
  • Submitted: 2022-02-20 - 8:53 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • I am a parent of two Canadian children, aged 12 and 14. The Bay du Nord Development Project is a direct threat to my kids' well-being because it will exacerbate the climate crisis. While I understand the need to support families in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, this should not come at the expense of other Canadians. A just transition is needed now -- one that supports local workers and their families without destroying our collective habitat. This means no new fossil fuel projects.

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Attachment Response to application by Bay Du Nord development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Theresa Clinton
  • Reference Number: 66
  • Submitted: 2022-01-28 - 2:29 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Good afternoon, I am a Canadian. I know we are in a climate emergency. We need to act now.  I refer to the letter from WWF from September 2021, that clearly and succinctly outlines all the concerns, I as a human being and a Canadian have with this proposal. I also refer to The International Energy Agency  "(IEA) has recently concluded that there can be no new oil, gas or coal development if the world is to reach net zero emissions by 2050.Carbon emissions from the full production of currently operating oil and gas fields and coal mines across the world will lead to global temperature rise beyond 1.5°C and make it impossible to meet global obligations under the Paris Agreement." It is crucial the we ALL need to stop ALL fossil  fuel production NOW.. There it is. Sincerely, Theresa Clinton

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Attachment WNNB Comments on the Bay du Nord EA and Draft Conditions

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick (WNNB)
  • Reference Number: 65
  • Submitted: 2021-10-07
  • Project Phase: Environmental Assessment Report
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • WOLASTOQEY NATION CONSULTATION OFFICE 150 CLIFFE ST. (2nd FLOOR), BOX 14 FREDERICTON, NB | E3A 0A1 t 506.459.6341 | f 506.459.0974 [DELIVERED VIA EMAIL] Ref: WNNB [091-21] October 7, 2021 Re: Comments on the Bay du Nord Environmental Assessment (“EA”) and Draft Conditions The Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick (“WNNB”) represents the six Wolastoqey/Wəlastəkwey communities in New Brunswick (Madawaska Maliseet, Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock, St. Mary’s and Oromocto First Nations). WNNB is not the rights holder, nor are we the body to which the Duty to Consult is owed. WNNB provides technical advice to Wolastoqey/Wəlastəkwey leadership and their respective Resource Development Consultation Coordinators (“RDCCs”) on resource development matters that relate to our Wolastoqey/Wəlastəkwey constitutionally protected rights. WNNB also acts to protect and promote traditional lands, ceremony, cultural practices, and language. The WNNB and communities ...
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Attachment Comments on Draft EA Report - Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of NunatuKavut Community Council
  • Reference Number: 55
  • Submitted: 2021-09-17
  • Project Phase: Environmental Assessment Report
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Comments on the DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE BAY DU NORD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT September 2021 By the NunatuKavut Community Council 200 Kelland Drive, PO Box 460, Stn. C Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P1C0 http://www.nunatukavut.ca http://www.nunatukavut.ca/ http://www.nunatukavut.ca/ 2 I. Introduction: Brief background on NunatuKavut, the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) and Engagement on Bay du Nord and Offshore Issues The NunatuKavut Community Council (“NCC”) is pleased to present its comments on both the Draft Environmental Assessment Report (“Draft EA Report”) and the Potential Conditions under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (“Conditions document”) prepared by IAAC for the Bay du Nord Development Project. Background on NunatuKavut and the NunatuKavut Community Council The NunatuKavut Community Council (“NCC”) is an Indigenous organization serving as the representative ...
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Attachment Technical Review of the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Potential Conditions of the Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Incorporated.
  • Reference Number: 61
  • Submitted: 2021-09-14
  • Project Phase: Environmental Assessment Report
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • September 9, 2021 VIAEMAIL: baydunord@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 200 – 1801 Hollis Street Halifax, NS B3J 3N4 Dear Sir/Madam, Re: Technical Review of the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Potential Conditions of the Bay du Nord Development Project. On behalf of Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc., we are responding to the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Potential Conditions for the above project, dated August 2021. Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn’s primary concern remains how the project impacts migratory species that are of great cultural significance to the Mi’gmaq, including salmon, swordfish, Bluefin tuna, Atlantic right whales, and migratory birds. Please find enclosed a report from Shared Value Solutions that is being submitting on behalf of Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn. Based on the report, we highlight the following recommendations in particular: 1) The Environmental Assessment Report, and mitigation and ...
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Attachment RE: Bay du Nord Development Project - Invitation to Comment on Draft EA Report

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Kwilmu'kw Maw-Klusuaqn Negotiation Office
  • Reference Number: 64
  • Submitted: 2021-09-10
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Page 1 of 2 September 10, 2021 Amanda Park Project Manager – Atlantic Regional Office Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Satellite Office 901-10 Barter’s Hill St. Johns, N.L., A1C 6M1 RE: Bay du Nord Development Project - Invitation to Comment on Draft EA Report Ms. Park, I am writing in response to your e-mail dated August 11, 2021 with respect to consultation under the Terms of Reference for a Mi’kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Consultation Process (ToR) as ratified on August 31, 2010 on the above noted project. The Mi’kmaq Nation in Nova Scotia has a general interest in all lands and resources in Nova Scotia as the Mi’kmaq Nation has never surrendered, ceded, or sold the Aboriginal title to any of its lands in Nova Scotia. The Mi’kmaq have a title claim to all of Nova Scotia and as co-owners of the land and its resources it is expected that any potential impacts to rights and title shall be addressed. Clearly, this ...
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Attachment Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers submitted by jennfier matthews
  • Reference Number: 53
  • Submitted: 2021-09-08 - 3:50 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • On behalf of teh Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), I am pleased to submit our response to the Bay du Nord Development Project draft EA Report and the potential EA conditions for the project. 
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  • 2100, 350 – 7 Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T2P 3N9 Tel 403-267-1100 Fax 403-261-4622 1820, 275 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 5H9 Tel 613-288-2126 Fax 613- 236-4280 1004, 235 Water Street St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada A1C 1B6 Tel 709-724-4200 202, 1110 Government St. Victoria, British Columbia Canada V8W 1Y2 Tel 778-265-3819 Fax 403-261-4622 www.capp.ca  communication@capp.ca September 8, 2021 Mr. Terry Hubbard Acting President Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 22nd Floor, Place Bell 160 Elgin Street Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 Dear Mr. Hubbard: Re: Public Comment - Bay du Nord Development Project draft Environmental Assessment Report and the potential environmental assessment conditions for the project The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) represents companies, large and small, that explore for, develop and produce natural gas and crude oil throughout Canada. CAPP’s member companies ...
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Attachment Review and Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Potential Conditions

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Miawpukek First Nation
  • Reference Number: 57
  • Submitted: 2021-09-08
  • Project Phase: Environmental Assessment Report
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Photo by Angelina McDonald Bay du Nord Development Project Review and Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report and Potential Conditions Prepared by Miawpukek First Nation September 8, 2021 MIAWPUKEK FIRST NATION Technical Review of the Bay du Nord Environmental Assessment Report 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Miawpukek First Nation ............................................................................................................... 6 Historic Overview .......................................................................................................................... 6 Rights and Interests ....................................................................................................................... 8 Review Findings ...
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Attachment WWF-Canada comments on Bay du Nord EA Report

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of WWF-Canada
  • Reference Number: 60
  • Submitted: 2021-09-08
  • Project Phase: Environmental Assessment Report
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • WWF-Canada 410 Adelaide St. West Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 1S8 Tel: (416) 489-8800 Toll-free: 1-800-26-PANDA (1-800-267-2632) Fax: (416) 489-8055 wwf.ca Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 901-10 Barters Hill St. John's, NL, A1C 6M1 Email: baydunord@iaac-aeic.gc.ca September 8, 2021 Re: WWF-Canada’s Submission to the IAAC on the Bay du Nord Development Project Environmental Assessment (EA) Report Dear Impact Assessment Agency of Canada: Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the Bay du Nord (BdN) Development Project Environmental Assessment (EA) Report. WWF-Canada supports the federal environmental assessment process as it is an important component in ensuring that, if oil and gas activities in Canada’s Atlantic offshore are to be permitted, they are done so safely with the lowest possible risk to human health and the environment. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is one of the ...
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Attachment Equinor Submission - Comments on DEAR and Potential Conditions

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Equinor Canada Ltd.
  • Reference Number: 58
  • Submitted: 2021-09-08
  • Project Phase: Environmental Assessment Report
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Page 1 of 4 Equinor Canada Ltd. 2 Steers Cove St John’s, NL Canada Telephone 709 726 9091 www.equinor.com Classification: External Attention: Sue Belford Project Manager, M.Sc., Eng RE: Equinor Canada Ltd. (“ECL”) comments on Potential Environmental Assessment Conditions (“Potential Conditions”) and the Draft Environmental Assessment Report (the “DEAR”) for the Bay du Nord Development Project (“Project”) ECL has reviewed the Potential Conditions and the DEAR and provides this letter, complete with the attachments, as our response. There are two attachments to this letter: (A) detailed comments on the Potential Conditions; and (B) detailed comments on the DEAR. About Equinor Our parent Equinor is a broad energy company, aiming to be a leader in global energy transition. We believe a well- functioning natural environment is a prerequisite to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Bold actions are needed to address the dual ...
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Attachment Environmental Assessment Report and Potential Conditions - Public Comments

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of FFAW-Unifor
  • Reference Number: 54
  • Submitted: 2021-09-08
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • KEITH SULLIVAN President ROBERT KEENAN Secretary-Treasurer Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Bay du Nord Development Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 901-10 Barters Hill St. John's, NL A1C 6M1 Re: Bay du Nord Development Project Environmental Assessment Report and Potential Conditions - Public Comments To Whom It May Concern, Please accept the Fish, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (FFAW-Unifor) comments on Equinor’s Bay du Nord Development Project Environmental Assessment Report (August 2021). FFAW-Unifor represents approximately 15,000 working women and men throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, most of whom are employed in the fishing industry. As mentioned from the review of the previous EIS document, the scope of this development project is much larger than other exploratory drilling projects that have been recently reviewed. It is concerning to FFAW-Unifor members that there has been little public engagement ...
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Attachment Submission from Noia regarding the Environmental Assessment Report for the Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of NOIA (Newfoundland & Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association)
  • Reference Number: 56
  • Submitted: 2021-09-07
  • Project Phase: Environmental Assessment Report
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Newfoundland & Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association Box 44, Suite 606, Atlantic Place, 215 Water Street, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1C 6C9 T: 709-758-6610 F: 709-758-6611 www.noia.ca @NoiaNL Noia Submission to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Re: Environmental Assessment Report for the Bay du Nord Development Project (Reference Number 80154) Iaac.baydunord.aeic@canada.ca / baydunord@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Introduction The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association (Noia) was founded in 1977 to represent the supply and service sector of the offshore oil and gas industry. Today, Noia represents approximately 460 member organizations worldwide which are involved in, or benefit from, the oil and gas industry of Newfoundland and Labrador. Noia members are a diverse representation of businesses that range from offshore supply boats and helicopters to health and safety equipment and training, engineering solutions and fabricators, to ...
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Attachment Projet de d'exploitation de Bay du Nord - Invitation à commenter l'ébauche du rapport d'évaluation environnementale - Première nation de Innus de Nutashkuan

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Première Nation des Innus de Nutashkuan
  • Reference Number: 62
  • Submitted: 2021-08-31
  • Project Phase: Impact Assessment
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Vous trouverez en pièce jointe les commentaires de la Première Nation des Innus de Nutashkuan en regard de l’évaluation environnementale provisoire produite par l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact du Canada.
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  • 1 PROJET D’EXPLOITATION DE BAY DU NORD. RAPPORT PROVISOIRE D’ÉVALUATION ENVIRONNEMENTALE Août 2021 Commentaires de la Première Nation des Innus de Nutashkuan Envoyé à l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact du Canada (baydunord@iaac-aeic.gc.ca) 31 août 2021 mailto:baydunord@iaac-aeic.gc.ca 2 Note sur l’édition du rapport provisoire Bien que provisoire, ce rapport dans sa version française aurait pu être relu par des correcteurs. Ils se seraient aperçus que tous les en-têtes de page sont intitulés « IMPACT ASSESSMENT AGENCY OF CANADA » ; que plusieurs titres de sections sont restés en anglais, comme le démontre la « Table of contents » et sa « List of Abbreviations and Acronyms » ; que le 5 e paragraphe de la conclusion est une répétition presque intégrale du 3 e paragraphe. Introduction Le 28 août 2020, Nutashkuan écrivait à propos de ce projet de Bay du Nord « nous avons toujours soutenu que le ...
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Attachment No, no, and no.

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: lucie mayer
  • Reference Number: 52
  • Submitted: 2021-08-27 - 1:17 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • One would think that the government understood that exploiting natural ressources be it through mining or petrol/gas extraction, is not to be, if we, humans, want to continue living on Earth. I am just a woman, a private citizen, who wishes to remain on this Earth in a peaceful way, where we learn from nature, and not exploit it. We must decolonialise our ways, and moving away from extraction of natural ressources is part of that evolution. This is perhaps the shortest comment you will receive, and certainly that I have ever written, but all is there. I have no study to produce, no science to quote. I just observe Nature and She's had enough. So have I. Recevez mes salutations distinguées

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Attachment L'avenir n'est pas dans les énergies fossiles

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: RVHQ submitted by Bruno Detuncq
  • Reference Number: 51
  • Submitted: 2021-08-19 - 4:53 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Les critères d’évaluation d’impact de l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact du Canada pour le projet d’exploitation de Bay du Nord, sont insuffisants et désuets. La réalité climatique et environnementale actuelle est tout à fait inédite et nécessite un nouveau cadre d’analyse. La crise climatique et la crise de biodiversité commandent une analyse des gaz à effet de serre (GES) qui seront générés en aval et en amont des forages. À ce titre, le plus récent rapport du l’Agence Internationale de l’Énergie stipule qu’aucun nouveau projet d’hydrocarbures ne devrait être développé si on veut éviter le dépassement de seuils critiques entraînant un réchauffement incontrôlable et ...

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Attachment Je m'oppose à ce projet

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Citoyenne submitted by Lucie Huart
  • Reference Number: 50
  • Submitted: 2021-08-17 - 2:51 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Je m'oppose à ce projet et à tout autre projet d'exploration et/ou d'exploitation d'hydrocarbures. C'est une question de survie. Comme nous le rappelle le GIEC, il est minuit moins une et nous devons impérativement réduire nos émissions de GES. Pour ce faire, nous devons réduire notre consommation d'hydrocarbure pas l'augmenter! Le projet d'exploitation de Bay du Nord inciterait à poursuivre la consommation globale pour plusieurs décennies. C'est un non-sens!!! Le Canada émet déjà plus de GES qu'il le devrait et est en voie de rater ses cibles. Il est grand temps d'agir de façon raisonnable et équitable. Il est grand temps d'agir en ayant à coeur le sort des générations futures. Merci de tenir compte de mon opinion. Lucie

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General opposition to project

Attachment Forage puits pétrole en mer est T-N

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Pierre Bourget
  • Reference Number: 49
  • Submitted: 2021-08-15 - 9:23 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Je suis opposé à tout forage de puits de pétrole dans cette xone et partout ailleurs. Il est urgent, essentiel et prioritaire de diminuer annuellement jusqu'en 2050, notre production et utilisation de produits pétroliers afin de réduire annuellement nos émissions de gaz de serre de 7,5%. Essentiel aussi de protéger la faune aquarique et sa croissance pour maitenir notre source alimentaire.

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Climate change

Attachment Un cadre d'analyse à revoir

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Louise Morand
  • Reference Number: 48
  • Submitted: 2021-08-14 - 12:25 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Environmental Assessment Report
  • Les critères d’évaluation d’impact de l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact du Canada pour le projet d’exploitation de Bay du Nord, sont insuffisants et désuets. La réalité climatique et environnementale actuelle est tout à fait inédite et nécessite un nouveau cadre d’analyse. La crise climatique et la crise de biodiversité commandent une analyse des gaz à effet de serre (GES) qui seront générés en aval et en amont des forages. À ce titre, le plus récent rapport du GIEC stipule qu’aucun nouveau projet d’hydrocarbures ne devrait être développé si on veut éviter le dépassement de seuils critiques entrainant un réchauffement incontrôlable et irréversible du climat pouvant conduire, à très ...

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Attachment Comment on the Proposed Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Woodstock First Nation
  • Reference Number: 38
  • Submitted: 2020-10-23
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached file.
  • Attachment Included
  • 1 WOLASTOQEY NATION CONSULTATION OFFICE 150 CLIFFE ST. (2nd FLOOR), BOX 14 FREDERICTON, NB | E3A 0A1 t 506.459.6341 | f 506.459.0974 [DELIVERED VIA EMAIL] October 7, 2020 Re: Comment on the Proposed Bay du Nord Development Project (the “Project”) Woodstock First Nation (“WFN”) focused its analysis on the impacts to Atlantic Salmon (Outer Bay of Fundy “OBoF” and Inner Bay of Fundy “IBoF”) as it is a resource that is currently on the verge of extinction within Wolastoqey territory and yet new sources of potential mortality are being proposed while access for food, social and ceremonial (“FSC”) harvest has long been forgone. However, an ecosystem-based analysis within the proposed Project area is likely to provide the most comprehensive understanding of the potential impacts associated with this proposed Project to the ecosystem itself as well as to ...
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Attachment NunatuKavut Community Council comments on Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of NunatuKavut Community Council
  • Reference Number: 41
  • Submitted: 2020-10-13
  • Project Phase: Review of the Environmental Impact Statement by the Agency
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
  • For logging From: Shelley Kath <email address removed> Sent: October 12, 2020 8:21 AM To: Boychuk, Robin (IAAC/AEIC) <robin.boychuk@canada.ca> Cc: George Russell, Jr. <grussell@nunatukavut.ca>; Kathleen Simms <ksimms@nunatukavut.ca> Subject: NunatuKavut Community Council comments on Bay du Nord Development Project   Hi Robin,   Attached please find NCC's comments on Bay du Nord. Please note that the comments, questions and requests are organized largely according to the section numbers and subtitles in the EIS Guidelines, in the order in which they appear in the Guidelines – not necessarily in the order of importance to NCC. We have tried ...
  • Attachment Included
  • 1 Comments on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Bay du Nord Development Project 12 October 2020 By the NunatuKavut Community Council 200 Kelland Drive, PO Box 460, Stn. C Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P1C0 http://www.nunatukavut.ca http://www.nunatukavut.ca/ 2 Introduction and Context The NunatuKavut Community Council (“NCC”) is an Indigenous organization serving as the representative governing body for more than 6,000 Inuit of central and southern Labrador (approximately 20% of Labrador’s population). NCC is pleased to present its first comments on the Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the Bay du Nord Development Project (“Project”) proposed by Equinor Canada Ltd. (“Proponent”). The present comments are made in reference to the full rather than summary EIS. While NCC has a variety of substantial concerns with the Project, the present submission focuses on NCC’s concerns with the sufficiency ...
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Attachment Comment on the Proposed Bay du Nord Development Project

  • Bay du Nord Development Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick
  • Reference Number: 37
  • Submitted: 2020-10-07
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached file.
  • Attachment Included
  • 1 WOLASTOQEY NATION CONSULTATION OFFICE 150 CLIFFE ST. (2nd FLOOR), BOX 14 FREDERICTON, NB | E3A 0A1 t 506.459.6341 | f 506.459.0974 [DELIVERED VIA EMAIL] Ref: WNNB [071-20] October 7, 2020 Re: Comment on the Proposed Bay du Nord Development Project (the “Project”) The Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick (“WNNB”) represents the six Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick (Madawaska Maliseet, Tobique, Kingsclear, Woodstock, St. Mary’s and Oromocto First Nations), although on this file the community of Woodstock will be submitting their views independent from WNNB. WNNB is not the rights holder, nor are we the body to which the Duty to Consult is owed. WNNB provides technical advice to Wolastoqey leadership and their respective Resource Development Consultation Coordinators (“RDCCs”) on resource development matters that relate to our Wolastoqey ...
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