Appeal Court Refuses to Expand Duty to Consult in Pivotal Federal UNDRIP Case

Kebaowek challenge to nuclear waste dump defeated on appeal

The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected Kebaowek First Nation’s demand to have the approval of a low-level nuclear waste facility located west of Ottawa revoked. The court also ruled that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), is not required to consider the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) when making a decision about the project. The court handed down its judgment Friday and comes as a setback fo…

Appeal court refuses to expand duty to consult in pivotal federal UNDRIP case

Kebaowek First Nation in Quebec has lost a critical appeal court case over whether the federal government must implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples when consulting Indigenous peoples on projects that impact their rights. The Federal Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's approval of a nuclear waste landfill to be built in Deep River, Ont.

Nuclear regulator can’t decide how to implement UNDRIP, appeal court rules

Court ruling favours Canadian Nuclear Laboratories over planned waste site near Kebaowek First Nation in Chalk River, Ont.