Demand the immediate collection of baseline data on gender-based violence, rejecting the Proponent's statement that this data is 'currently not available' and can be deferred.
Strategic Rationale
The Proponent's submission admits that data on gender-based violence is unavailable but claims the baseline is 'sufficiently advanced.' For a remote community like Melgund, the introduction of a large, transient workforce presents specific social safety risks. Establishing a baseline for community safety and violence before the project begins is non-negotiable. This data is required now to accurately measure any negative social impacts during the construction phase.
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.