Request a detailed analysis of potential 'cost of living' increases (Section 15.9.1) specifically for fixed-income seniors in unorganized territories.
Strategic Rationale
"The filing identifies that the local population is aging and acknowledges the Project will affect the cost of living. In Melgund, where many residents are seniors on fixed incomes, the introduction of a high-wage nuclear workforce could drive up local costs for services and land. This creates a risk of economic displacement. The Proponent must quantify this risk and propose mitigation strategies to ensure that the economic benefits of the project do not result in the financial exclusion of long-term residents who cannot absorb project-driven inflation."
Source Context
Understanding the Impacts of Nuclear Waste on our Community
This digital archive houses the public comments submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding Project 88774: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. The impact assessment is led jointly by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. This archive preserves community perspectives, concerns, and observations shared during the assessment process, particularly in relation to Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario and the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners who are the closest and most impacted of all in the process.