I am strongly opposed to the Great Bear Mine. I encourage IAAC to look to the ALIA for guidance, and disagree with the impact assessment summaries conclusions that there is "not significant" and "reversible" impacts to the Treaty Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The land is our relative and a massive clearing and destroying of an area will have impact forever. The land will never be the same. I would never harvest, hunt or fish on an area I knew was once a mine.
 

Proposed mitigations need to be checked upon and have ensured success, for example the loss of manoomin and planned replanting. Mitigation must go beyond "replanting" and Kinross should be responsible for checking on that process to ensure success.

Indigenous communities in this area, most notably Grassy Narrows, have historical and on-going trauma due to industry. I am extremely concerned for downstream communities and the fact that 50% of the population in this area are Indigenous. 
 

Lastly, gold is an unessential mineral and I disagree with this project being fast-tracked.