On June 9th, 2020 representatives of Protect Our Waterways - No Nuclear Waste (formerly Nuclear Tanks No Thanks) will present a petition to the Mayor and Councillors of South Bruce to demonstrate on the public record a large opposition to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) proposed Nuclear Dump mining complex for South Bruce.
In the absence of the Municipality of South Bruce and the NWMO providing a definition of what a Willing and Informed host community is for the purposes of siting this nuclear dump, residents of South Bruce have chosen to no longer leave their fate to these two organizations and have moved to answer this question for themselves.
This is representative in the petition being presented today. The petition is aimed at forcing a referendum in the community over the question of this nuclear dump site.
Protect Our Waterways - No Nuclear Waste is seeking a community referendum on the issue and proposes the following question to South Bruce residents. Are you in favour of constructing a DGR mining complex for the storage of Canada’s high level nuclear waste in South Bruce? Yes or No. The Municipality and NWMO can no longer ignore this expression of opposition against this project from residents and regional stakeholders.
NWMO has been active for nearly 8 years in South Bruce with the Municipality and during that time there has been no leadership on the definition of a Willing host community.
Source : Protect Our Waterways