We the Nuclear Free North has promoted several petitions that oppose nuclear fuel waste transportation and burial in NW Ontario.
CURRENT Petitions
Paper petition to Government of Canada
“Stop the Siting Process for the Proposed Deep Geological Repository”
Resolution: “We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada call upon the Minister of Natural Resources to immediately direct the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to stop the siting process for their proposed deep geological repository for highly radioactive nuclear fuel waste.”
Status: Signatures collected between May 5 – Oct. 31, 2024. Petition tabled in parliament December 2024. See Dec. 17, 2024 media release here: https://tinyurl.com/yvm2a4bb
Result: Parliament has 45 days to respond.
Past Petitions
March 4 – May 3, 2024
e-Petition to Government of Canada
“Consent of All Along Transportation Route and Downstream”
Read the closing Media Release, May 9, 2024
Resolution: “We, the undersigned, citizens, residents and Indigenous peoples of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to require the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to demonstrate that it has the consent of residents and communities, including First Nations and Treaty Organizations, along the transportation route and in the region of and downstream of the candidate repository site(s) before selecting a site.”
Result: 3,327 signatures were collected. The Government response was tabled on June 19, 2024 by Minister of Natural Resources and Energy Jonathan Wilkinson, and did not address the petition’s request that the Government provide oversight of a controversial nuclear waste transportation and burial project.
Fall 2018
Environment North, Change.org + Paper Petition
“Stop the Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Northwestern Ontario”
Online petition, also distributed as paper petitions until 2023.
Resolution: “We, the undersigned, do not support the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s nine-step selection process for a nuclear waste disposal site, and we strongly oppose having a Deep Geological Repository for high-level nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario.”
Result: Over 12,000 online signatures, plus over 1,000 signatures on paper petitions
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Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
Paper Petition to Government of Ontario
“Proximity Principle”
Paper petition for presentation to the Ontario Legislature.
Resolution: “We the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to adopt the Proximity Principle with respect to the management of radioactive wastes and direct Ontario Power Generation to further their development of robust extended storage systems at or near the point of generation.”
Result: 2,134 signatures collected.
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