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Five Wolastoqey chiefs call for the Sisson mine to be rejected
In April 2016 the chiefs of St. Mary's, Tobique, Kingsclear, Oromocto and Madawaska First Nations called for the Sisson open-pit tungsten-molybdenum mine to be rejected. 'This open pit mine would destroy one of our last remaining areas to harvest and practise our culture,' Tobique Chief Ross Perley said in their statement (as reported by CBC News, Feb. 10, 2017). The same month, a federal assessment report found the mine's effects on four of the communities likely significant through loss of a traditional hunting, fishing and gathering area.
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- Statement
- Where
- Canada / New Brunswick
- Evidence
- Statement: Something was said. Weighted lowest: words cost less than actions. How evidence is weighed
- Who
- St. Mary's First Nation (Sitansisk) (acted); Oromocto First Nation (Welamukotuk) (acted); Tobique First Nation (Neqotkuk) (acted); Kingsclear First Nation (Pilick) (acted); Madawaska Maliseet First Nation (Matawaskiyak) (acted)