Procedures for transferring to British Columbia the federal government’s interest in offshore oil and gas ...

• Main Author: Zaharko, Janice
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2010
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0077681; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0077681

The Provinces of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland are all seeking control over offshore resources, that is the natural resources within the waters beyond their coastlines. Provincial demands have ranged from challenges of the federal government's claim to ownership of these resources to discussions of schemes whereby management of the offshore resources would be shared by the provincial and federal governments. There has not been any conclusive judicial determination of the ownership of offshore natural resources, though the federal government relies on the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Offshore Minerals Reference, that the resources beyond the ordinary low water mark off British Columbia come within the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the federal government. The applicability of the decision in this Reference, to Newfoundland is being challenged by that Province. The remaining Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island ...