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N.S. opposition call government out over withholding environmental racism report

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s provincial opposition parties are criticizing the government for continuing to keep a year-old report on environmental racism out of the public eye.

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N.S. opposition call government out over withholding environmental racism report

The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia says there were 20 workplace-related deaths last year in the province, two more than the year before.  


HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s provincial opposition parties are criticizing the government for continuing to keep a year-old report on environmental racism out of the public eye.

Their comments came after Becky Druhan, minister responsible for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives, told reporters Thursday that government has requested a meeting with the environmental racism panel that created the report to “discuss with them before sharing any additional information.”

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