On Wednesday, a coalition made up of a First Nation and environmental groups launched a legal challenge against Ottawa and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories over the issuing of Species at Risk Act (SARA) permits to the company.
First Nations leaders took their opposition to a recently approved radioactive waste disposal site near the Ottawa River to Parliament Hill February 14, calling on the federal government to halt the project that they say threatens drinking water, wildlife and their fundamental rights.
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COMMENT. This is a sad day when we witness so clearly who Trudeau sides with in regard to nuclear waste, as well as the betrayal to Indigenous peoples about authentic reconciliation as per the violations related to UNDRIP. Thank heavens that various news media, including CBC, are beginning to pay increasing attention to the folly of…