Proper assesment of nuclear water to the north

There needs to be a FULL impact assessment, including an (independent) integrated review panel according to section 43 of the Impact Assessment.

Request that, aligned with section 22 of the Impact Assessment Act (which requires assessments of projects to take into account environmental, health, social, and economic conditions and the rights of Indigenous peoples/concerns of the public, as well as alternatives or alternative means of carrying out the project like site selection, etc), that the transportation of nuclear waste NOT be excluded from the scope of the project. The transportation of the waste, which would occur daily for 50 years on our dangerous highways, must be included in the impact assessment process. Lindgren mentions that the transportation of the nuclear waste is an integral, fundamentally related component of the project that should not be excluded, as "there is no independent utility to transporting waste on public highways." Additionally, the definition of "designated project" under the Impact Assessment Act includes any physical activity that is incidental to the project. Lindgren added that there has never been off-site transportation of used nuclear fuel waste in Canada--it is unprecedented, and therefore requires rigorous scrutiny. 

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization [NWMO] has, so far, shamefully disregarded this constitutional obligation. The NWMO can acknowledge reconciliation all they want in their initial project description, but this means nothing when Eagle Lake First Nation, who shares their traditional territory with Wabigoon First Nation and whose traditional territory overlaps with the project area, has been left out of the consultation and site selection processes. Other First Nations communities will experience nothing short of devastation if this unprecedented project goes awry.