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91 per cent oppose uranium mining in Sept-Iles

Sept-Îles residents oppose uranium exploration ,  CBC News January 6, 2010 | The Quebec government has a duty to put a stop to plans for uranium exploration in the Sept-Îles region because of the overwhelming opposition of residents, the city’s mayor, Serge Lévesque, said Tuesday.

Lévesque was reacting to the release of a poll ordered by municipal officials last month after two dozen local doctors threatened to resign if B.C.-based Terra Ventures Inc. goes ahead with planned drilling in the area.

The doctors at the Sept-Îles Hospital said uranium exploration in the area would pose a threat to public health.

In addition to the doctors’ opposition to the plan, Lévesque said there was growing resistance in the community.

“We could hear people expressing themselves quite clearly,” Lévesque said. “There were two or three … demonstrations against it and there were more and more people joining in. The momentum was there, and the action by the doctors added to it.”

According to the poll, 91 per cent of the 1002 Sept-Îles residents queried about the question of uranium exploration said they were opposed to the idea.

CBC News – Montreal – Sept-Îles residents oppose uranium exploration

January 7, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, uranium