Require the Proponent to update the 'Traditional Foods' baseline data with contemporary field studies (2024-2025) rather than relying on literature from 2014 and 2016.
Strategic Rationale
"The Initial Project Description relies heavily on the 'First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study' (2014) and the 'Nokiiwin Tribal Council Country Foods Study' (2016). These datasets are nearly a decade old. Environmental conditions, particularly regarding wildlife populations (moose, grouse) and vegetation patterns (berries, wild rice), change over time due to climate and other factors. To accurately assess the Project's impact on the availability of these resources for Melgund residents, the baseline must reflect current realities, not historical data."
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.