In an extraordinary victory for Indigenous rights and environmental protection, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador has agreed to measures to reduce immediate risks to Inuit health and culture from the Muskrat Falls dam.
Following almost two weeks of protests, including a hunger strike and occupations of the dam site, the government met yesterday with Inuit and Innu leaders. The result was an agreement to:
- Establish an independent expert advisory committee, with Indigenous
representation, to recommend measures to reduce risks to human health
and the environment.
- Share detailed rationale supporting the claimed need for immediate
partial flooding of the reservoir so that this can be reviewed by the
affected Indigenous peoples.
- Ensure that if any flooding does take place this year it is only temporary, so that further mitigation measures can be taken next year after advisory committee has reviewed the options.
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