An ongoing petition, launched in 2019 by Environment North, and offered on both Change.org and in paper format, expresses opposition with this paragraph:
“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.”
As of Sept. 12, 2022, this ongoing petition (online + paper format) has gathered 13,505 signatures: 4,140 from outside Canada; 9,365 from within Canada.
Of those within Canada, these signatures were gathered from specific communities in Northwestern Ontario:
Thunder Bay 1,318
Dryden 1,389
Kenora 89
Village of Wabigoon 34
Ignace 32
Dinorwic 32
Eagle River 28
Eagle Lake First Nation 26
Vermilion Bay 24
Wabigoon Lake First Nation 15
Oxdrift 15
Dyment 10
This petition is ongoing at Change.org.
We the Nuclear Free North 