Coon Blasts Blaney Over Wetlands Mapping

Provincial Environment Minister Margaret Ann Blaney is being accused of not protecting wetlands in the province by the Conservation Council. Blaney is using the Regulated Wetlands map that was put together through aerial photography to regulate developments in wetlands or their buffers. The Conservation Council's David Coon tells CHSJ News there are 16 wetlands not included on that map that were earlier confirmed as being wetlands under the legal definition in the Clean Water Act.
 
He says it's quite incredible to have a Minister who thinks she can suspend regulations by government and ignore legislation that she is responsible for enforcing. Blaney has said she wants to have a made in New Brunswick wetlands policy.