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Vandals have attacked signage installations for Protect Our Waterways No Nuclear Waste (POW-NNW) across several locations around South Bruce. The vandals used chainsaws to destroy the signs and, in some cases, cut telephone lines. The signs had been placed on the properties of residents who are opposed to the NWMO’s plans to build a deep landfill site for Canada’s 58,000 tonnes of nuclear waste in their community.
“We will not be intimidated by those that seek to silence us through acts of vandalism and violence,” said Michelle Stein, President, POW-NNW. “This only serves to strengthen our resolve to resist NWMO’s proposed nuclear waste dump. The NWMO consistently refers to our community organization by the name ‘unwilling to listen group’. This disrespectful label opens the door for pro-nuclear dump proponents to take whatever steps they want to lash out against any member of the South Bruce community who opposes their project. By not apologizing for these derogatory statements, the NWMO bears as much responsibility for these acts of violence as the people that did them.”