DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EagleLakeFirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EagleLakeFirstNation</span></a> challenges <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NWMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NWMO</span></a> in court</p><p>By Mike Stimpson, 2 January 2025</p><p>EAGLE LAKE – "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EagleLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EagleLake</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNation</span></a> is challenging the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteManagementOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteManagementOrganization</span></a>’s site selection in court, and that’s more than welcome news to Neecha Dupuis.</p><p>"'I love it,' Dupuis, a member of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ojibway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibway</span></a> Nation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Saugeen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saugeen</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SavantLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SavantLake</span></a>), said from Ottawa. 'Just pure love.'</p><p>"Eagle Lake’s chief 'came and walked with us' in this year’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WalkAgainstNuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalkAgainstNuclearWaste</span></a>, she noted.</p><p>"'It’s all coming together, like one giant dream catcher,' Dupuis said.</p><p>"Dupuis said she doesn’t understand <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabigoonLakeOjibway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabigoonLakeOjibway</span></a> Nation’s decision to move forward with the NWMO on possibly constructing a deep geological repository, or DGR, for high-level nuclear waste.</p><p>"'For them to choose nuclear waste over the land, that doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t make sense at all.'"</p><p><a href="https://fftimes.com/news/district-news/eagle-lake-first-nation-challenges-nwmo-in-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fftimes.com/news/district-news</span><span class="invisible">/eagle-lake-first-nation-challenges-nwmo-in-court/</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Canada: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> Petition Tabled in Parliament</p><p>Ottawa – "A petition calling on the Government to provide oversight of a controversial nuclear waste burial project has been tabled in the federal House of Commons, with a response required within 45 calendar days.</p><p>"Created by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Northwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Northwatch</span></a> project coordinator Brennain Lloyd and sponsored by Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota, the petition gained the signatures of 3,327 Canadians who joined the call on the federal government to require the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteManagementOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteManagementOrganization</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NWMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NWMO</span></a>) to demonstrate that it has the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consent</span></a> of residents and communities, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> and Treaty Organizations, along the transportation route and in the region of and downstream of the candidate repository site(s) before selecting a site.</p><p>"'Canadians expect a fair and accountable process when it comes to projects of this size, risk and long-term consequence', said petition organizer Brennain Lloyd, coordinator with Northwatch and an organizer with the Northern Ontario alliance <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeTheNuclearFreeNorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeTheNuclearFreeNorth</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/11/1-b1-canada-nuclear-waste-petition-tabled-in-parliament/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nuclear-news.net/2024/05/11/1-</span><span class="invisible">b1-canada-nuclear-waste-petition-tabled-in-parliament/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a></p>
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