It's vital that we're able to demonstrate that this is an issue of utmost importance to indigenous people. The support from the Assembly of First Nations and the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador is just some of that support.
I would also want to highlight the fact that we have support from groups of non-indigenous Canadians. As I mentioned previously, 140 municipalities support and are concerned about this project.
We've done a lot of work to raise awareness and raise the profile of this issue. The support is not only coming from indigenous organizations. It's coming from non-indigenous environmental groups and municipalities. More importantly, with our efforts, we've recently raised the profile of this issue with the Quebec government. A letter from Minister Lafrenière and Minister Charette was sent to Minister Guilbeault, reminding Canada that it has a responsibility to protect the environment and to ensure that first nations like mine are given a fair process.
In that letter, they also indicated that they wanted Canada to take a closer look and really take into consideration the merits of what we've asked. It's that this process and the licensing of the NSDF be stopped, so that we could take a step back, really look at the issue in its entirety and make sure that, in deliberations and in choosing a technology and a way to deal with nuclear waste, it would be done respectfully.