Minister halts timeline for environmental assessment until Saugeen Ojibway Nation makes informed decision on DGR Project – Electric Energy Online
Aug 25, 2017
In a significant expression of support for free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the environmental assessment process for Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste has been halted until the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) has made an informed decision on whether to support the project.
Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change has made a request for additional information from OPG that hinges on the outcome of SON’s community-driven decision-making process, Anishnaabekiing, Anishnaabe Inwewin, Anishnaabe Naaknigewin – Our Territory, Our Voice, Our Decisions. This process was launched after the Nation received a commitment from OPG on August 7, 2013 that they would not build the proposed DGR for low- and intermediate-level waste without the consent of the SON Communities.
