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Attachment Eabametoong First Nation Response to WSR and IAAC Draft Impact Assessment Report

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Eabametoong First Nation
  • Reference Number: 300
  • Submitted: 2026-05-28 - 8:39 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • {} May 22, 2026 Delivered via email Kathleen O’Neill, Director Environmental Assessment Branch Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (“Ministry”) Attention: Sasha McLeod and Dorothy Moszynski, Special Project Officers sasha.mcleod@ontario.ca and dorothy.moszynski@ontario.ca Loraine Cox and Caitlin Cafaro Team Leaders, Ontario Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (“IAAC”) loraine.cox@iaac-aeic.gc.ca, caitlin.cafaro@iaac-aeic.gc.ca, and webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Michael Fox Regional Consultation Lead Webequie Supply Road michael.fox@supplyroad.ca RE: Comments regarding the Webequie Supply Road (“WSR” or “Project”) Ministry Review and Impact Assessment On behalf of Eabametoong, I write in response to Ontario’s Ministry Review of the WSR Environmental Assessment (“EA”) and IAAC’s Draft Impact Assessment Report. As we continue to wait for answers to our questions from previous submissions, we urge Ontario and Canada to ...
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Attachment Constance Lake First Nation Comments on Webequie Supply Road Impact Assessment Report and Conditions

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Constance Lake First Nation
  • Reference Number: 295
  • Submitted: 2026-05-26 - 5:32 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • Comments on Webequie Supply Road Impact Assessment Report and Conditions of Approval May 22, 2026 Submitted by: Constance Lake First Nation Constance Lake First Nation – Comments on Webequie Supply Road Draft Federal IA Conditions | 2 The Webequie Supply Road (WSR; the Project) is a proposed all-season gravel road being advanced by Webequie First Nation (WFN; the Proponent). The Project includes approximately 107 kilometres of new road connecting Webequie First Nation to the Ring of Fire region near McFaulds Lake and is intended to support mineral development and improve year-round access. The WSR impacts a region where Constance Lake First Nation (CLFN) has long maintained cultural ties. As part of its review of the WSR Environmental Assessment Report/Impact Statement (EAR/IS), CLFN submitted comments and recommendations to the Proponent and to Provincial and Federal regulators. Responses have since been provided by the Proponent and Ontario, ...
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Attachment Protect the animals Please preserve the trees at this location. Please do not build on an area that has a lot of trees. Please do not harm animals with this project. Please do not use animal

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Beaconsfield Animal Services
  • Reference Number: 288
  • Submitted: 2026-05-22 - 11:56 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Assessment
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public comments invited on the draft Impact Assessment Report and potential conditions
  • ?Please preserve the trees at this location.  Please do not build on an area that has a lot of trees.  Please do not harm animals with this project. Please do not use animal testing for pollution and effluent  monitoring.  https://www.change.org/p/stop-testing-sewer-water-on-laboratory-fish ?Please work with the Canadian Centre for the Alternatives to Animal Methods.  https://www.uwindsor.ca/ccaam/ Please only use non lethal ways to live with geese, beavers, and other wildlife.  Develop a Living With Coyotes program with the animal welfare organization Coyote Watch Canada.  www.coyotewatchcanada.com Please only use non lethal ways to manage wildlife.  There are humane, non lethal ways to deal with beavers.  Here's a great resource. ...

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Attachment Fort Albany First Nation comments on the Webequie Supply Road Draft Impact Assessment Report

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Fort Albany First Nation
  • Reference Number: 296
  • Submitted: 2026-05-22 - 11:34 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • 1 May 22, 2026 Via email - Caitlin.Cafaro@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 Attn: Caitlin Cafaro, Senior Consultation Analyst, Ontario Region Dear Ms. Cafaro, Re: Fort Albany First Nation’s Comments on the Draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road Project Fort Albany First Nation (“FAFN”) submits this letter in response to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Impact Assessment Report (“Draft IA Report”) and Draft Potential Conditions for the Webequie Supply Road Project (“WSR;” “Project”). This submission includes the following appendices: ● Appendix A – FAFN Round 2 Technical Comments on the Proponent’s Responses to Round 1 Comments and Associated Addendum Materials; ● Appendix B – FAFN Comments on Webequie Supply Road EA/IS Addendum 1; and ● Appendix C – Fort Albany First Nation Targeted Rights Impact Assessment for the Webequie Supply Road Project. The ...
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Attachment Comments from the Friends of the Attawapiskat River on the Draft Impact Assessment Report and Potential Conditions in relation to the Webequie Supply Road Project (IAAC Reference No. 80183)

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Friends of the Attawapiskat River
  • Reference Number: 287
  • Submitted: 2026-05-22 - 7:28 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Assessment
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public comments invited on the draft Impact Assessment Report and potential conditions
  • Please see attached for the comments of the Friends of the Attawapiskat River in response to the Draft Impact Assessment Report and Potential Conditions in relation to the Webequie Supply Road Project.
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  • Comments from the Friends of the Attawapiskat River on the Draft Impact Assessment Report and Potential Conditions in relation to the Webequie Supply Road Project (IAAC Reference No. 80183) May 22, 2026 TO Webequie Supply Road Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca FROM Michel Koostachin, Founder Friends of the Attawapiskat River Friends of the Attawapiskat River PO Box 49, Reserve 91A, Attawapiskat, ON P01 1A0 friendsoftheattawapiskat@gmail.com | friendsoftheattawapiskatriver.ca mailto:webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca http://friendsoftheattawapiskatriver.ca TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ABOUT US..........................................................................................................................................3 II. SUMMARY OF ...
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Attachment Comment from the member of the Public on the draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road Project

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Comment from the member of the Public
  • Reference Number: 293
  • Submitted: 2026-05-22 - 5:45 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Ring of Fire Road Submission RE: Webequie Supply Road Draft Impact Assessment Report May 22, 2026   Regarding the “Government of Canada’s ability to meet its environmental obligations and its commitments in respect of climate change (Sections 5 and 6)”, that the project would not advance meeting Canada’s ‘greenhouse gas’ (GHG) emission targets (noted in the ‘DRAFT IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT – WEBEQUIE SUPPLY ROAD’), implies that substantial damage caused by ‘climate change’ would result. These concerns with respect to the concept (hypothesis) of man-made ‘climate change’ are actually quite inconsequential, as a worst case scenario, for a variety of reasons which are rarely made public. Foremost is the fact that the explanation of the mechanism of ‘global warming’ caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from man-made ...

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Attachment Nibinamik First Nation’s Comments on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Nibinamik First Nation
  • Reference Number: 292
  • Submitted: 2026-05-22 - 2:00 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
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  • NIBINAMIK FIRST NATION General Delivery Summer Beaver, Ontario P0T 3B0 Tel: (807) 593-2131 Fax: (807) 593-2270 May 22, 2026 VIA EMAIL Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Environmental Assessment Branch Special Project Officers 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 dorothy.moszynski@ontario.ca sasha.mcleod@ontario.ca simon.zhao@ontario.ca Attention: Dorothy Moszynski, Sasha McLeod, and Simon Zhao Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Ontario Region 600-55 York Street Toronto ON M5J 1R7 webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca caitlin.cafaro@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Attention: Caitlin Cafaro RE: Nibinamik First Nation’s Comments on Ontario’s Ministry Review and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road Nibinamik First Nation (“Nibinamik”) is writing in response to the Government of Ontario’s (“Ontario”) and the Impact ...
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Attachment Comments on behalf of Ginoogaming First Nation

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Four Rivers Inc.
  • Reference Number: 286
  • Submitted: 2026-05-22 - 11:41 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Assessment
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public comments invited on the draft Impact Assessment Report and potential conditions
  • On behalf of Ginoogaming First Nation, please accept the attached letter commenting on the Impact Assessment Report and potential conditions of approval for the Webequie Supply Road.    
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  • Ginoogaming First Nation 101 Poplar Cres., Ginoogaming First Nation P.O. Box 89 Longlac, Ontario P0T 2A0 P. 807.876.2242; F. 807.876.2495 www.ginoogamingfn.ca To: Webequie Supply Road Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 Telephone: 416-952-1576 Email: webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Cc: Hon. Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation and Minister Responsible for Ring of Fire Economic and Community Partnerships Email: greg.rickford@pc.ola.org, minister.indigenousaffairs@ontario.ca Re: Ginoogaming First Nation Comments on Webequie Supply Road Impact Assessment Report and Conditions of Approval I’m writing to express Ginoogaming First Nation’s serious concerns about the Webequie Supply Road Project (WSR; the Project). As we have consistently stated verbally and on the written record, GFN does not support development related to the Ring of ...
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Attachment Kashechewan First Nation’s Comments on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Kashechewan First Nation
  • Reference Number: 299
  • Submitted: 2026-05-22 - 10:41 AM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • Kashechewan First Nation Chief and Council 13B Riverside Rd. Phone: 705-275-4440 P.O. Box 240 705-275-1054 Kashechewan ON P0L1S0 Fax: 705-275-1023 May 22, 2026 Delivered by Email Webequie Supply Road Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 Telephone: 416-952-1576 Email: webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca RE: Kashechewan First Nation Review and Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Draft Impact Assessment Report To Whom it May Concern, I am writing as the elected Chief of Kashechewan First Nation (“KFN”). This letter and comments are submitted on behalf of myself, the Council, and Nation members of KFN. As the Chief of my Nation, it is my duty to protect our Section 35 rights exercised throughout Treaty 9, of ...
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Attachment Aroland First Nation’s Comments on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Aroland First Nation
  • Reference Number: 298
  • Submitted: 2026-05-21 - 7:59 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
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  • PO Box 10 Aroland, Ontario P0T 1B0 Phone: (807) 329-5970 Fax: (807) 329-5750 Caitlin Cafaro Senior Consultation Analyst, Ontario Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca May 21, 2026 RE: Aroland First Nation Comments on Webequie Supply Road draft Impact Assessment Report and draft Potential Conditions Dear Caitlin Cafaro, Aroland First Nation (AFN) appreciates the opportunity to review and provide comments on the Impact Assessment Report (IAR) and proposed conditions for the Webequie Supply Road (WSR) Project. Consistent with previous communications regarding the WSR, AFN remains concerned about the significant cumulative effects that increased industrial activity, traffic, and access may have on our Traditional Territory, including impacts to lands, waters, wildlife, harvesting, and the exercise of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. The Proponent characterizes the WSR as a stand-alone right-of-way from the WFN airport to ...
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Attachment Weenusk First Nation’s Comments on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Weenusk First Nation
  • Reference Number: 297
  • Submitted: 2026-05-21 - 4:52 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • For example, the groundwater Regional Study Area is not defined, and there is limited consideration of the implications of peat compaction and altered flow regimes. This is illustrated in Section 2.1 which acknowledges hydrological changes but heavily relies on generalized characterizations. This is further illustrated in Section 4.3.3.1 which reports uncertainty on whether the floating road design will maintain peatland hydrological conditions. It is recommended that the IAAC require additional detail for consideration of the hydrological system to ensure ongoing peatland integrity. Key Issue: Design Standards Instead of Demonstrated Performance The Draft IA Report indicates that infrastructure integrity (e.g., the “floating road” and potential future surface treatments) will be maintained based on the future project owner’s adherence to design standards. However, no site-specific validation of these methods was undertaken. As the Project is in remote, ...
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Attachment Attawapiskat First Nation’s Comments on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Impact Assessment Report for the Webequie Supply Road

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Attawapiskat First Nation
  • Reference Number: 294
  • Submitted: 2026-05-21 - 3:11 PM
  • Updated: 2026-06-08 - 9:24 AM
  • Rationale: Comment updated for administrative purposes
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • May 21, 2026 SENT BY EMAIL Loraine Cox and Caitlin Cafaro Team Leaders, Ontario Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) loraine.cox@iaac-aeic.gc.ca caitlin.cafaro@iaac-aeic.gc.ca webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dorothy Moszynski and Sasha McLeod Special Project Officers Environmental Assessment Branch Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) dorothy.moszynski@ontario.ca sasha.mcleod@ontario.ca Dear Ms. Cox, Ms. Cafaro, Ms. Moszynski, and Ms. McLeod, Re: Attawapiskat First Nation’s comments on the Webequie Supply Road Ministry Review and draft Impact Assessment Report We are writing in response to a May 22, 2026 deadline to provide comments on the Webequie Supply Road (WSR) Ministry Review (Ontario) and draft Impact Assessment Report (Canada). The regulatory review process for the WSR, at both federal and provincial levels, has been nothing short of a rubber-stamping exercise. At every stage we have raised concerns over the ...
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Attachment Time to get moving on THIS

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Patrick Reid
  • Reference Number: 284
  • Submitted: 2026-05-08 - 7:05 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Assessment
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public comments invited on the draft Impact Assessment Report and potential conditions
  • Canadian like myself invested in this, and I've been invested since 2008.  I lost money with Junior MIner MacDonald Mines, but not because it was a bad investment, but rather BAD GOVERNMENT under Trudeau Liberals stood in the way!  Im still heavily invested at at age 69 I often wonder if I will love long enough to see any profits.  Governments ask canadians to invest in Canada, and as time passes, I am left feeling I should be investing in the United States where their governments get things done.  Allowing this major discovery to go untouchjed for nearly two decades is a disgrace and this rests with government inaction.   I would also like to note thta I have worked in Fort McMurray where indiginous groups propser and own and operate many companies.  This can also happen in northern Ontario's Ring of Fire.  It is likley that this discovery is merely scraching the surface and more discoveries will be made.  The fact that many ...

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Attachment Adding a "Steel Road" to the Gravel Road Corridor for the Ring of Fire

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Transport Action Ontario
  • Reference Number: 282
  • Submitted: 2026-05-04 - 1:39 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Assessment
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public comments invited on the draft Impact Assessment Report and potential conditions
  • We believe that including a heavy-haul rail line in this road corridor would have a strong business and social case:   Rail Offers Economic and Social Advantages Rail can handle heavier loads of ore than a road, improving transportation economics while ensuring global competitiveness of extracted minerals. Rail offers seamless connection to the CN/CPKC rail network at Nakina enabling ore shipments to reach processing facilities in eastern and western Canada and the USA at a very competitive cost. On a tonne/km basis rail costs about 75% less than trucking. Rail provides all-weather mobility. We question the term “all weather road” because in the context of northern Ontario, there is no such thing. This is why Scandinavian countries use rail to move mined minerals to ...

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Attachment Design of Roads over Peatlands

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Daniel Campbell
  • Reference Number: 278
  • Submitted: 2026-04-24 - 1:28 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Assessment
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public comments invited on the draft Impact Assessment Report and potential conditions
  • Hello, The peatland and wetlands of the James Bay Lowland are sensitive to changes in water levels. The associated flora and fauna will also be sensitve to water level changes. I saw only cursory mention of the use of floating roads and equalization culverts in the Webequie Supply Road Project Draft Impact Assessment Report. The AtkinsRéalis January 2026 Final EA report provides a bit more detail, but does not refer to any best management practices for these features. Given the global importance of the peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowland more detail on the efficacy of floating roads and equalization culverts should be provided to avoid impoacts to the roads. For instance, have they been tested in peatlands? To what extent do the block lateral movement of water across the roads (i.e. in fens). List the studies which describe the impacts and any best managment guidelines that will be followed. Kind regards, Daniel Campbell, Sudbury, ...

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Attachment From Friends of the Attawapiskat River to Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Comments on the Final Impact Statement of the Webequie Supply Road Project

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Friends of the Attawapiskat River
  • Reference Number: 273
  • Submitted: 2026-02-25 - 4:34 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • Webequie Supply Road Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca February 26, 2026 RE: FRIENDS OF THE ATTAWAPISKAT RIVER Comments on the Final Impact Statement of the Webequie Supply Road Project (IAAC Reference No. 80183) This comment is submitted by the Friends of the Attawapiskat River (the “Friends”) in response to the call for feedback by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (“Agency”) on Webequie First Nation’s Organization’s (“WFN”) Impact Statement (“IS”) for the Webequie Supply Road Project (“WSR”).1 In providing these comments, we remind the Agency that we are the ancestral people of the lands where the Ring of Fire is proposed. We, the Oji-cree, Ojibway, and Omushkegowuk people, have lived in harmony with these lands given to us by the Creator since time immemorial. We are the Water People. The water gives us life, and we take care of the water in ...
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Attachment From Attawapiskat First Nation to Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Attawapiskat First Nation’s preliminary comments on the Webequie Supply Road project Final Impact Statement

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Attawapiskat First Nation
  • Reference Number: 272
  • Submitted: 2026-03-18 - 10:26 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
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  • March 17, 2026 SENT BY EMAIL Loraine Cox and Caitlin Cafaro Team Leaders, Ontario Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada loraine.cox@iaac-aeic.gc.ca caitlin.cafaro@iaac-aeic.gc.ca webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dorothy Moszynski and Sasha McLeod Special Project Officers Environmental Assessment Branch Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks dorothy.moszynski@ontario.ca sasha.mcleod@ontario.ca Dear Ms. Cox, Ms. Cafaro, Ms. Moszynski, and Ms. McLeod, Re: Attawapiskat First Nation’s preliminary comments on the Webequie Supply Road Final Impact Statement We are writing in response to a March 20, 2026 deadline to provide comments to Ontario on the Webequie Supply Road (WSR) proponent’s Final Impact Statement (Final IS). On March 9, 2026, Attawapiskat First Nation and Fort Albany First Nation wrote to request additional time to review and comment on the Webequie Supply Road and Marten Falls Community Access Road final ...
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Attachment WCS Canada Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Environmental Assessment Report/Impact Statement

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: WCS Canada
  • Reference Number: 268
  • Submitted: 2026-02-26 - 10:55 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • February 26, 2026   To: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada via the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/80183); and to Michael Fox, Don Parkinson, and the Webequie Supply Road Project Team via email (wsrcomments@supplyroad.ca)   Re: Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Environmental Assessment Report/Impact Statement     To whom it may concern,   Please consider this letter as our response to the request for public input on the Environmental Assessment Report/Impact Statement (EAR/IS) for the proposed Webequie Supply Road Project (the Project) in northwestern Ontario. We provide this response in our capacities as Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Canada scientists leading research and policy development related to species and ecosystems to inform conservation decisions. Relevant expertise to the ...
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  • WCS Canada – Ontario Northern Boreal Program Phone: (807) 285-9125 10 Cumberland St N Email: wcscanada@wcs.org Thunder Bay, ON, P7A 4K9 Canada Web: www.wcscanada.org February 26, 2026 To: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada via the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/80183); and to Michael Fox, Don Parkinson, and the Webequie Supply Road Project Team via email (wsrcomments@supplyroad.ca) Re: Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Environmental Assessment ...
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Attachment From Attawapiskat First Nation to Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: IAAC's February 27, 2026 deadline to consider whether the proponent’s Impact Statement has all the necessary information to conduct the impact assessment

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Attawapiskat First Nation
  • Reference Number: 270
  • Submitted: 2026-02-23 - 3:41 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • February 23, 2026 SENT BY EMAIL Loraine Cox and Martyna Krezel Team Leaders, Ontario Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada loraine.cox@iaac-aeic.gc.ca martyna.krezel@iaac-aeic.gc.ca webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dear Ms. Cox and Ms. Krezel, Re. IAAC’s February 27, 2026 deadline to consider whether the proponent’s Impact Statement has all the necessary information to conduct the impact assessment We are writing with regard to your email of February 12, 2026, in which you state that “Comments submitted by February 27, 2026, will be considered to inform IAAC’s decision of whether the proponent’s Impact Statement has all the necessary information to conduct the impact assessment and IAAC’s draft Impact Assessment report, as applicable.” Your February 27th deadline for making a decision on the adequacy of the proponent’s impact statement is unreasonable and must be extended until Attawapiskat First Nation and the Impact Assessment Agency can jointly and ...
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Attachment From Attawapiskat First Nation to Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada's November 24, 2025, letter, and further preliminary comments on the Webequie Supply Road project draft Impact Statement

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Attawapiskat First Nation
  • Reference Number: 267
  • Submitted: 2026-01-14 - 1:40 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
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Attachment From Attawapiskat First Nation to Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Preliminary comments on the Webequie Supply Road project draft Impact Statement

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Attawapiskat First Nation
  • Reference Number: 263
  • Submitted: 2025-10-06 - 4:10 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe  
  • Attachment Included
  • Telephone: 705-997-2375 Fax: 705-997 -2422 ATTAWAPISKAT F-IRS!E NATION October 06, 2025 SENT BY EMAi L Loraine Cox and Martyna Krezel Team Leaders, Ontario Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada loraine.cox@iaac-aeic.gc.ca ma rtyna.krezel@iaac-aeic.gc.ca we beg u ie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dorothy Moszynski and Sasha McLeod Special Project Officers Environmental Assessment Branch P.O. Box 248 Attawapiskat, Ontario POL1AO Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks dorothy.moszynski@ontario.ca sash a. mcleod@onta rio .ca Dear Ms. Cox, Ms. Krezel, Ms. Moszynski, and Ms. McLeod, Re: Preliminary comments on the Webequie Supply Road draft Impact Statement As per the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Environment's request, Attawapiskat First Nation is providing preliminary comments on the Webequie Supply Road (WSR) proponent's draft Impact Statement (draft IS). The WSR draft IS follows the familiar ...
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Attachment Group Submission

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Jamie-Lee Reardon
  • Reference Number: 261
  • Submitted: 2025-03-12 - 11:42 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Webequie Supply Road  Key considerations:  Access to land that would otherwise be inaccessible  Changes to social and cultural ways due to the increase of non-Indigenous people in the remote locations Increase in services needed for the growth of people in the area Potential increase of social problems experienced by nearby communities Disruption to migration patterns for wildlife in the area (moose, caribou, birds) Overharvesting of animals and fish due to more access to the land and waterways Increase in traffic and potential exposure to pollutants, fuel i.e. diesel - heavy equipment Increase of exposure to drugs and alcohol ...

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Attachment Group Submission

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Keepers of the Circle
  • Reference Number: 260
  • Submitted: 2024-10-23 - 11:43 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Webequie Supply Road Project Key considerations:   No purpose, language (leaves it open), transparency (seems different communities know different things), what information that is being communicated, nations did not have much to say about the project, vague on who is allowed to use the road, need an extension for more information to be available, sacred sites. To whom it may concern: Upon reading the documents for the Webequie Supply Road Project we have these specific concerns: Indigenous people are not being communicated with in a format that is familiar to their traditional indigenous understanding. People have not commented due to the lack of full disclosure of information about the ...

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Attachment Agreement with timeline extension request + Recommendations

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Temiskaming Native Women's Support Group
  • Reference Number: 236
  • Submitted: 2022-12-09 - 11:51 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • To: The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Subject: Extension Request for Webequie Supply Road Project Keepers of the Circle is operated by the Temiskaming Native Women’s Support Group, we are Indigenous Family Learning Center in Kirkland Lake and Temiskaming Shores. Our mandate is to maintain quality programing for Indigenous children, women, and families through implementing various projects such as, employment training, healthcare, childcare and more. Our organization works closely with our partner the AnanauKatiget Tumingit Regional Inuit Women's Association (ATRIWA) to raise capacity for Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse persons in Northern Labrador as well as in Northern Ontario to participate in Impact Assessments. While Indigenous Peoples are frequently regarded as key partners in project assessments, Indigenous women’s concerns and aspirations regarding industrial projects have historically been marginalized, as have the ...

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Attachment From Wildlife Conservation Society Canada to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Assessment and Time Limit Extension Request

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada
  • Reference Number: 249
  • Submitted: 2022-11-28 - 11:21 AM
  • Updated: 2023-01-09 - 8:53 AM
  • Rationale: Comment updated for administrative purposes
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached submission. 
  • Attachment Included
  • WCS CANADA CHERYL CHETKIEWICZ 5912 109A STREET NW TEL: 780-860-5130 EDMONTON, AB, T6H 3C5 EMAIL: CCHETKIEWICZ@WCS.ORG WWW.WCSCANADA.ORG                   ...
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Attachment From Nibinamik First Nation to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Assessment and Time Limit Extension Request

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Nibinamik First Nation
  • Reference Number: 251
  • Submitted: 2022-11-25 - 5:13 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Hello Caitlin,   As legal counsel for Nibinamik First Nation, I am writing in response to Canada’s request for comments on the request to extend the time limits under the Impact Assessment Act for the Webequie Supply Road project to January 6, 2027.   Nibinamik is still in the process of reviewing and considering the implications of the request, however, since you have asked for comments by November 25 (today), we would like to provide the following preliminary feedback. In particular, we want to make the point that if the extension request is approved, Canada should ensure that it is able to require updated or additional studies or surveys from the proponent, where needed, in order to accurately reflect the environmental, cultural, or cumulative impacts of the project.   It is of critical importance that Canada has accurate information to rely upon when monitoring and assessing the project. ...

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Attachment From Ginoogaming First Nation to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Assessment and Time Limit Extension Request

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Ginoogaming First Nation
  • Reference Number: 250
  • Submitted: 2022-11-25 - 3:52 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Hi Caitlin,   I am writing in response to the IAAC’s letter and email dated October 25, 2022, regarding the Time Limit Extension Request for the Federal Impact Assessment (IA) Process of the Webequie Supply Road (WSR) Project.   GFN is in support of WSR’s request for a timeline extension (to January 2027) to complete their IA, and understands the challenges and limitations placed on the IA to-date due to the global pandemic.   GFN also continues to experience ongoing challenges surrounding participation in this IA, due to the absence of Proponent and Provincial funding to support needed consultation, engagement and technical support.   GFN would like to better understand the WSR team’s plans for in-person engagement throughout the project, now that pandemic restrictions have eased. 22 Indigenous communities are listed as requiring engagement, however GFN knows that a ‘lesser ...

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Attachment From Constance Lake First Nation to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Assessment and Time Limit Extension Request

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Constance Lake First Nation
  • Reference Number: 247
  • Submitted: 2022-11-25 - 3:27 PM
  • Updated: 2023-01-06 - 2:33 PM
  • Rationale: Comment updated for administrative purposes
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached submission. 
  • Attachment Included
  • CONSTANCE LAKE FIRST NATION P.O Box 4000 CONSTANCE LAKE, Ontario - P0L 1B0 Telephone (705) 463-4511 – Fax (705) 463-2222 General e-mail: clbo@clfn.on.ca Website: www.clfn.on.ca Constance Lake First Nation Page 1 of 2 November 25, 2022 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Ontario Region Attn: Caitlin Cafaro, Crown Consultation Coordinator 600 – 55 York Street Toronto, ON M5J 1R7 Via e-mail: webequie@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Re: Time Limit Extension Request for the Federal Impact Assessment Process of the Webequie Supply Road Project Dear Ms. Cafaro, I am writing in response to the IAAC’s letter dated October 25, 2022, regarding the Time Limit Extension Request for the Federal Impact Assessment (IA) Process of the Webequie Supply Road (WSR) Project. Constance Lake First Nation (CLFN) was asked to provide input on the extension request and the WSR’s engagement plans. CLFN is in support of WSR’s request for a timeline extension (to ...
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Attachment From Jackfish Métis Association to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Comments on the Webequie Supply Road Project Assessment

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Jackfish Metis Community
  • Reference Number: 248
  • Submitted: 2022-11-16 - 6:58 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • We do expect that as a Metis community with citizens in this region, that we should have a say in this project as well as concerns about this road. Thank you! Jon MacDonald, Jackfish Metis Community.

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Attachment From Attawapiskat First Nation to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada re: Comments on the Collaborative Assessment of Impacts on Rights

  • Webequie Supply Road Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Attawapiskat First Nation
  • Reference Number: 230
  • Submitted: 2021-12-15
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see the attached submission.
  • Attachment Included
  • December 15, 2021 SENT BY EMAIL Heather Nelson Project Analyst, Ontario Region Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Government of Canada 22nd Floor, Place Bell 160 Elgin Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 Email: heather.nelson@iacc-aeic.gc.ca Dear Ms. Nelson, Re: IAAC to Attawapiskat First Nation - Invitation to participate in collaborative assessment of impacts on rights We are writing with regard to your invitation of November 29th to participate in an impact to rights mapping and worksheet exercise. Your request focuses on the three proposed all-season road projects – the Webequie Supply Road, the Marten Falls Community Access Road, and the Northern Road Link. Attawapiskat First Nation’s position remains that a comprehensive regional impact assessment for the Ring of Fire must be completed first. As we have stated previously, the regional impact assessment must be co-led, in partnership with Canada, by the First Nations who stand to be affected by ...
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