"Ignace is the community that said, 'We want to be involved, we want to be an informed and willing host,'" said Brad Greaves, chair of the Ignace Community Nuclear Liaison Committee. Greaves said his committee will determine if the community is willing to have the town affiliated with the nuclear waste site. The decision to bury nuclear waste is contentious, and he said it is probably the biggest decision ever made by the township. "Why are we even thinking of bringing this nuclear waste up here? Griffiths, who has lived in Ignace for decades, says she believes economic opportunities will come from the proposed NWMO nuclear site.

Source: CBC News December 16, 2021 01:12 UTC