(a) controlling the release of contaminants and ameliorating their impacts is essential to the maintenance of ecosystem integrity, the protection of human health and the general well-being of society;

(b) in making decisions under this Act and the regulations, the Government of New Brunswick should consider the potential impacts on biotic and abiotic processes that have shaped natural ecosystems over time, and should endeavour to accommodate and sustain such processes;

(c) all persons, both individual and corporate, should be encouraged to adopt practices that will prevent or minimize the creation of contaminants;

(d) the use of resources and the environment should not compromise the health or the economic or social well-being of future generations;

(e) all persons should be responsible for the consequences of their actions on the environment;

(f) the Government of New Brunswick should allow residents of New Brunswick to have access to information about activities that pose or may pose a threat to their health or to the environment;

(g) the Government of New Brunswick should provide opportunities for the public to participate in decisions related to matters that pose or may pose a threat to their health or to the environment and should consider the advice provided;

(h) scientific information should be a fundamental part of the decision-making process in the administration of this Act and the regulations, but lack of full scientific certainty should not delay or deter the implementation of measures to prevent the release of contaminants or the spread of contamination where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage to the environment;

(i) the Government of New Brunswick should consider the potential impacts of contaminants released in New Brunswick on ecosystems outside its borders, and should encourage the taking of similar actions by the governments of other jurisdictions; and

(j) the Government of New Brunswick should consider the principles set out in this section in the development and implementation of all of its regulations, policies, programs and practices.

(a) controlling the release of contaminants and ameliorating their impacts is essential to the maintenance of ecosystem integrity, the protection of human health and the general well-being of society;

(b) in making decisions under this Act and the regulations, the Government of New Brunswick should consider the potential impacts on biotic and abiotic processes that have shaped natural ecosystems over time, and should endeavour to accommodate and sustain such processes;

(c) all persons, both individual and corporate, should be encouraged to adopt practices that will prevent or minimize the creation of contaminants;

(d) the use of resources and the environment should not compromise the health or the economic or social well-being of future generations;

(e) all persons should be responsible for the consequences of their actions on the environment;

(f) the Government of New Brunswick should allow residents of New Brunswick to have access to information about activities that pose or may pose a threat to their health or to the environment;

(g) the Government of New Brunswick should provide opportunities for the public to participate in decisions related to matters that pose or may pose a threat to their health or to the environment and should consider the advice provided;

(h) scientific information should be a fundamental part of the decision-making process in the administration of this Act and the regulations, but lack of full scientific certainty should not delay or deter the implementation of measures to prevent the release of contaminants or the spread of contamination where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage to the environment;

(i) the Government of New Brunswick should consider the potential impacts of contaminants released in New Brunswick on ecosystems outside its borders, and should encourage the taking of similar actions by the governments of other jurisdictions; and

(j) the Government of New Brunswick should consider the principles set out in this section in the development and implementation of all of its regulations, policies, programs and practices.