Mar 21, 2025

Andrew Black Mayor of Tantramar on Crusade for Chignecto Isthmus Project with Beausejour MP Dominic Leblanc


 

More from Dominic Leblanc on Twitter about this important project for the region here:

Dominic LeBlanc on X: "As the narrow strip of land that connects Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada, the Chignecto Isthmus is a vital corridor. Alongside our New Brunswick and Nova Scotia partners, we’re taking action to protect it. Learn more: https://t.co/f3tp1YvJkc" / X

"As the narrow strip of land that connects Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada, the Chignecto Isthmus is a vital corridor. Alongside our New Brunswick and Nova Scotia partners, we’re taking action to protect it. Learn more:"

Protecting the Chignecto Isthmus against climate change - Canada.ca

"News release

Sackville, New Brunswick, March 20, 2025 — The governments of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are collectively moving forward to protect the Chignecto Isthmus from the increasingly destructive impacts of climate change. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia commit to paying $162.5 million each for a total of $325 million to support the project (valued at $650 million). This is a major step towards ensuring the security of this important link.

This was announced by Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Minister Kody Blois, Premier Susan Holt, and Minister Fred Tilley.

The dykeland system in the Chignecto Isthmus between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will be raised to decrease the risk of flooding, protecting agriculture in the region and surrounding communities, including Sackville, New Brunswick and Amherst, Nova Scotia, against sea level rise and storm surges.

The isthmus is also a transportation corridor including the Trans Canada Highway and the Canadian National Railway, connecting New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. An estimated $100 million of goods and services crosses the corridor each day. The corridor also contains 138 kV and 345 kV of electrical transmission lines, and fibre-optical cables, both of which are essential to providing electricity and telecommunication capabilities within and across communities.

A network of dykes and aboiteaux that was originally installed in the late 1600s currently protects assets in the region from rising sea levels and storm surges, including a nearby wind farm, cultural sites, a sewage treatment plant, agricultural croplands, and private properties with buildings, wells, and septic systems. Increasing sea level rise and coastal sinking are forecasted to threaten the current dykes — along with the corridor infrastructure and communities they protect — before 2100.

The project will include raising the height of the existing dyke system to mitigate the risk of the Chignecto Isthmus being flooded with sea water. The project will have two major components: a minimum of 13 km of dyke system and three to five large aboiteaux and the replacement or addition of new small aboiteaux. Aboiteaux are culverts with gates that stop sea water from flowing inland past the dykes while allowing water behind the dykes to flow out.

The entire project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete with the preliminary engineering studies, design, and land acquisition occurring during the first half of the period and most of the construction occurring during the last half. "


Amazing, amazing news!!
"The federal, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia governments have reached a deal on a major infrastructure project to protect the low-lying Chignecto Isthmus from the effects of climate change.
Ottawa and the two provinces will spend $650 million over the next 10 years to reinforce centuries-old dikes to reduce the risk of flooding in the vital land link between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia."
For those of you who may not know this is something that I have personally been working on/advocating on for our community for the past 4 years in my role on council as a councilor, Deputy Mayor and now Mayor. I also brought this to the forefront on the municipal/federal level through work with my colleagues as President (now Past President) of UMNB. I have done countless interviews, delivered several presentations, talked to MLAs and MPs from across the country, sat in on a Senate hearing on behalf of Tantramar in Ottawa and spoke to everyone and anyone that I could about the importance of this project nationally, provincially and locally.
I want to acknowledge the sheer amount of work from some other key players over the last several years to get the Isthmus to this announcement. Both former Mayors John Higham and Shawn Mesheau worked tirelessly on this file with their counterpart across the border Mayor David Kogon (Mayor Rob Small has taken up the mantle since the NS election). Recognition needs to be made for Bob Casey who has been talking about the need for the dikes to be addressed for over a decade and continues to be a strong voice. MLAs on both sides of the border have been pushing strong, as much as they can so a big thank you to both Megan Mitton and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin. MP Dominic Leblanc was in his position when the DMAF funding was announced and has been a defender of our area when talking about climate change. Lastly....all the stakeholder groups that have kept this in focus including, but not limited to, EOS, ClimAtlantic, Ducks Unlimited and First Nations communities such as Fort Folly.
Stay tuned as we find out how this will all play out over the next 10 years and look out for an interview first thing tomorrow morning with Jonna Brewer of CBC Information Morning on March 21st."



Photography by THE Indie Media Eastcoast 'Waterfowl Park sunrise'

The good news for the Beausejour Liberal Dominic Leblanc:


"Dominic LeBlanc is Prime Minister Mark Carney’s right-hand man inside cabinet, a new inner circle committee shake up reveals.

Carney has restructured – and significantly pared down – the smaller groups of cabinet ministers responsible for enacting the government’s agenda.

While the new prime minister’s cabinet is a slimmer 24 ministers, a much smaller number are first charged with sketching out how the government will handle some of the most complex and most pressing issues inside cabinet committees, before taking an approach to colleagues.

Carney has brought down the number of cabinet committees to just four."


Sabine Dietz redraws flood maps to 'help out' the locals; she is the Executive Director of ClimATLANTIC Inc., a consummate climate grifter and former Town Councillor / election campaign manager for Megan Mitton Green Party MLA for Tantramar.

2 comments:

  1. This is DianeDi - I'm only posting Anonymous as Google is playing games with me.

    Have any of these bottom dwellers noticed that Plymouth Rock, where the Mayflower pilgrims landed in 1620 is still above water. Really? What about those rising sea levels? All these years later, and that rock is just as visible then as it is now. I can't help but notice beachfront resorts and multi-million dollar estates are still very desirable and IF this "climate crap" was anywhere near reality, insurance companies would NEVER insure them and banks would never approve mortgages. The game is rigged and they're using your tax dollars to screw you over. I've been listening to this narrative, although it has changed slightly over the years, (warming, cooling, carbon bad, etc) since the '70's and I've not seen anything "predicted" come even close to happening. However a lot of money has been funneled into projects growing corporate and government bank accounts.

    This entire project ($650 Million value) is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete and rest assured, people have short memories and there will be zero accountability.

    People that fall for this "climate emergency" B.S. have NO IDEA how the real world works and they are captured by the MSM propaganda. These people need to do their own research and for goodness sake, look around and do your own critical thinking, which sadly seems to be a thing of the past.

    Dominic LeBlanc is Mark Carney's little bitch as well as Justin Trudeaus' ex-baby-sitter.
    Mark Carney is little Justin on steroids, with a very well connected past/present. It's interesting that his first priority after being "installed" as an unelected Prime Minister of Canada, that he jetted off to Europe, first to meet with President Macron of France, then Prime Minister Starmer of the U.K. To top that off, he meet with illegitimate King Charlie, no doubt to get his marching orders. You won't vote your way out of this mess folks. Once you realize they are all on the same team and whoever wins the upcoming horse race will simply carry on the same agenda. New face, same feces.


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  2. I'll try this again . . .
    DianeDi posting anonymous as Google is giving me grief.

    What is wrong with people? I remember all this nonsense dating back to the '70's. Nothing has changed in all these years, well perhaps some of the narrative has been updated, you know, climate warming, climate cooling, carbon bad, etc. Remember when the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts, and there was Plymouth Rock, that was in 1620 and guess what, that rock still sits at the same sea level now as it did then. How is that possible with these apparent "rising sea levels". Let's face it, all these beachfront resorts and millionaire's estates don't seem to be affected by this "climate catastrophe". If there was a valid concern, do you think insurance companies would be providing insurance or banks would be providing mortgages to these properties? Of course not.

    So this entire project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete at a cost of $650 Million. Folks, those are YOUR tax dollars. People have short memories and in 10 years from now who will be asking for accountability. I'm sure Corporations and Government bank accounts will grow substantially, all the while claiming we have a "climate emergency". No, we have a "critical thinking" emergency.

    Dominic LeBlanc is Mark Carney's bitch as well as a baby sitter for little Justin back in the day. Everybody knows everybody, they are all connected in some way or have questionable past / present acquaintances. Mark Carney is Justin on steroids. We now have a hand picked globalist who has been appointed by his own Liberal party, our new unelected Prime Minister of Canada, who made his first order of business / priority to jet set off to Europe He first met with President Macron of France, followed by Prime Minister Starmer of the U.K. Why is that? He then had a face to face chat with the illegitimate King Charlie. What was that all about? Perhaps to pick up his marching orders in person. No matter who actually wins the election, it will make no difference, same agenda, different feces.

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