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Indigenous leaders decry lack of consent for nuclear waste on their homelands

OTTAWA, April 30, 2024  Today, leaders of Indigenous communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario express their strong concern about the lack of Indigenous consent for nuclear waste, uranium mining and refining on their homelands. Article 29(2) of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) states: “States shall take effective measures… ....

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New Brunswick Indigenous communities and Canadians need facts about Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, not sales hype.

Until the government shares facts instead of sales pitches for small modular nuclear reactors, Indigenous nations must assume that representation is not connected to people, but to industry. BY HUGH AKAGI AND SUSAN O’DONNELL | September 28, 2023 FREDERICTON, N.B. Governments and other nuclear proponents are failing both Indigenous and settler communities by promoting sales and publicity material about… ....

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