Nova Scotia- Save our Seas and Shores, a coalition of fishermen, environmental groups and First Nations, is urging provincial and federal governments to implement the recommendations put forth by Commissioner Robert Wells in his report on safety in the offshore oil industry.
"Commissioner Wells has recommended that responsibility for safety for workers be taken from the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board and be given to an independent and powerful agency. We couldn't agree more," says Gretchen Fitzgerald of Sierra Club Canada. "For over a decade now, our coalition has said that Canada's offshore petroleum boards are in a conflict of interest as both promotors of oil development and protectors of workers and the environment," she said.