Critics pan rationale for Nova Scotia government's coastal protection survey – Winnipeg Free Press
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The PC government said it would shift responsibility for coastal protection to municipalities and property owners instead of proclaiming the Coastal Protection Act.
Nova Scotia's opposition parties are dismissing a government survey that they say fails to address the primary question of whether coastal property owners want a law protecting the province's coastline.
The government will not put into force the act, which would have offered more protection to areas such as dunes and salt marshes.
A Halifax-based environmental group wants provincial legislation passed in 2019 immediately brought into force of law to protect Nova Scotia's coastlines.