The Speaker House of Assembly Nova Scotia March 28, 2024 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Media@pmo-cpm.gc.ca The Honourable Sean Fraser, MP Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean.fraser@parl.gc.ca Dear Honourable Prime Minister and Minister; The following resolution was adopted by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on March 27, 2024. The Resolution, Resolution 1013, was introduced by the Premier, the Honourable Tim Houston, and passed on unanimous consent without debate. It reads:

Whereas the Chignecto Isthmus, located in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, is an interprovincial surface and rail trade corridor of national importance; and

Whereas the Intercolonial Railway, constructed along the Chignecto Isthmus in accordance with

Section of the Constitution Act, 1867, physically united the Canadian federation by linking the Province of Nova Scotia with the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; and

Whereas Parliament passed, in 1948, the Maritime Marshland Rehabilitation Act, which provided for the Government of Canada to construct and reconstruct dykes, aboiteaux, and breakwaters; and

Whereas the Chignecto Isthmus is currently vulnerable to the effects of rising sea levels and increasingly intense severe weather events that threaten this interprovincial surface and rail trade corridor of national importance; and …/2

Whereas the governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have undertaken the Chignecto Isthmus Climate Change Adaptation Comprehensive Engineering and Feasibility Study to expeditiously mitigate impacts of climate change on the communities and farmlands located within the Chignecto Isthmus; Therefore

be it resolved that the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia urge the Parliament of Canada to pass Bill S-273,

an Act to declare the Chignecto Isthmus Dykeland System and related works to be for the general advantage of Canada; and Be it further resolved that this motion be forwarded to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, and all Nova Scotia Members of Parliament and Senators. As per the direction of the House contained in the resolution, I am forwarding the text of Resolution to you to make the support of the House for Bill S-273 known to you. Sincerely, Honourable Karla MacFarlane Speaker c. Nova Scotia MPs Nova Scotia Senators