A grassroots movement that opposes uranium development in northern Saskatchewan was praised in the House of Commons on Tuesday.
The Committee for Future Generations was created after three northern communities decided to explore the idea of hosting a nuclear waste storage site.
Northern Saskatchewan MP Georgina Jolibois told the House that the committee’s work helped take those communities out of the running.
“I would like to take this opportunity to commend the work of the Committee for Future Generations, who succeeded in keeping nuclear waste out of all communities of northern Saskatchewan,” she said. “In the united voice with First Nations and Metis community leaders, the message was clear — no to nuclear waste in the riding of Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River.”
Canada’s environment minister is now reviewing a proposal to bury nuclear waste within a kilometre of Lake Huron, Ontario.
Jolibois told the House that the government must consult with First Nations in that region about this plan.