The Proponent's submission identifies high food costs and growing food insecurity as a baseline condition in Ignace and Dryden. The Working Group requests a specific assessment of 'Project-Induced Inflation' on the cost of the food basket during the construction phase.
Strategic Rationale
"The text confirms that vulnerable populations, including seniors and Indigenous residents, already face financial barriers to accessing food. The introduction of a high-wage project workforce risks exacerbating local inflation, making basic necessities unaffordable. This assessment is critical to Melgund and the region to ensure mitigation measures are developed to protect community well-being and prevent the project from deepening the existing food security crisis identified in the filing."
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.