NL: St. Lawrence Coalition calls for oil and gas moratorium in the Gulf – Daily Business Buzz
‘Several conditions are not in place at the moment to go ahead and do any exploration work or exploratory work or exploitation work later on,’ says Jean-Patrick Toussain of the coalition.
[ST. JOHN’S, NL] – A group that calls itself the St. Lawrence Coalition is calling on the federal government, as well as the provincial governments in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., New Brunswick, and Quebec, to place a full moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration and development in the entire Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Jean-Patrick Toussaint is with the St. Lawrence Coalition and is also the science project manager at the David Suzuki Foundation.
“Several conditions are not in place at the moment to go ahead and do any exploration work or exploratory work or exploitation work later on,” Toussaint said.
