This section summarizes the engagement and consultation activities undertaken for the Project to date and/or planned by Webequie First Nation with Indigenous communities and groups, the public, government agencies, and stakeholders. A separate Record of Engagement and Consultation has been prepared to support this Draft Environment Assessment Report/Impact Statement (EAR/IS) and provides details of all […]

Before roads are built, under provincial regulations there needs to be an environmental assessment to study the land, water, air, animals and people. Similarly, under federal regulations, there needs to be what is called an impact assessment.  This has been done for the Webequie Supply Road Project.  Since Webequie First Nation is the proponent or […]

The Ontario Environmental Assessment (EA) and Canada Impact Assessment (IA) process requires that two types of project alternatives be considered: “alternatives to” the Undertaking (i.e., functionally different ways of addressing an identified problem or opportunity to arrive at the preferred planning solution) and “alternative methods” of carrying out the Undertaking (options for implementing the preferred […]

Webequie First Nation is completing an Environmental Assessment (EA) under Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act (EA Act) and Impact Assessment (IA) under Canada’s Impact Assessment Act (IA Act) for the proposed Webequie Supply Road (“the Project”, WSR). The proposed Project is a new all-season road of approximately 107 kilometres (km) in length, connecting Webequie First Nation […]

This section provides a description of the project components and activities during the construction and operation of the proposed Webequie Supply Road (“WSR” or the “Project”) at the preliminary stage of planning and design. We have created this easier to understand visual and written version of the introduction with links to the source material, to […]