Tips: Several groups set conditions in this report. Keep the speaker's own view apart from the views the speaker reports.

Why the other options are wrong:

• It should wait until binding agreements and outside oversight are signed.: Binding agreements and independent oversight are what some municipal leaders want. The speaker's own condition is consent and shared decisions.
• It should wait until any chance of water contamination is ruled out.: Ruling out even a small chance of contamination is the First Nations' view. The speaker does not set this condition.
• It should wait until southern storage sites have fully run out of space.: The speaker says southern sites are reaching capacity. Nobody says expansion should wait until they are completely full.

Correct Answer: One managed site carries less risk than moving waste for years.

Why this is correct: The economist compares one well-managed site with transporting waste across the province without end. The economist says the single site reduces overall risk.

Tips: Several people make points in favour of a northern site. Match each point to the person who makes it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A northern site could bring steady work to towns hurt by job losses.: Steady jobs are what proponents in general promise. The economist's point is about risk, not work.
• The ancient northern rock could hold waste safely for thousands of years.: Safe storage for thousands of years comes from the NWMO. The economist does not talk about the rock.
• Storage sites near the southern reactors are almost full.: The speaker says this in the introduction. It is true in the report, but it is not the economist's point.

Correct Answer: Northern Ontario should not have to carry most of the burden.

Why this is correct: These leaders do not reject nuclear energy. But they question whether northern Ontario should carry most of the burden.

Tips: Listen for who is speaking in each part. Then check what this group accepts and what it questions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Ontario should start moving away from nuclear energy itself.: The leaders say they are not rejecting nuclear energy itself. So this reverses their view.
• Communities should be able to leave if local opinion turns against it.: The leaders do want a right to withdraw. But it depends on standards not being met, not on local opinion.
• The province should keep storing waste near southern reactors.: Southern sites are reaching capacity, as the speaker explains early on. The municipal leaders never suggest keeping the waste there.

Correct Answer: To show that people feel decisions are made far away from them.

Why this is correct: The neighbour says people feel decisions are made far away in Toronto. This example supports the opponents' point about trust and local control.

Tips: When a speaker tells a short story about a person, ask which point the story is there to support.

Why the other options are wrong:

• To show that northern health services would need the promised funding.: Funding for emergency services comes from the NWMO report. The neighbour does not talk about funding.
• To show that people fear water pollution could harm their health.: Worry about water comes from the First Nations. The neighbour's story is about who makes the decisions.
• To show that newcomers to the north welcome the jobs it could bring.: Jobs are a point made by proponents. The neighbour's story supports the opponents, not the jobs argument.

Correct Answer: Convinced by it, and unwilling to let it decide things alone.

Why this is correct: The speaker calls the science convincing. Then the speaker says this argument overlooks the social side, so science cannot decide the issue alone.

Tips: Listen for how strongly the speaker accepts or doubts an idea. Then listen for what the speaker adds about it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Convinced by it, and keen for building to begin soon.: The speaker is convinced by the science. But the speaker wants the province to slow down, not to start soon.
• Doubtful about it, and keen for the plan to be dropped.: The speaker does not doubt the science. The speaker calls it convincing.
• Unsure about it until outside experts have checked it.: Independent oversight is a condition from municipal leaders. The speaker already finds the science convincing.

Correct Answer: Opponents doubt it would still be paid many years from now.

Why this is correct: The report promises long-term funding. But opponents worry that decades from now the funding could dry up. So they doubt it would last.

Tips: This answer is not said in one place. Connect a promise from one side with a worry from the other side.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Opponents worry it would be too small to pay for local services.: Opponents worry the money could stop, not that it is too small. Nobody talks about the amount.
• Municipal leaders treat it as their main reason to stay open to talks.: The municipal leaders are open only if conditions are clear. They talk about agreements and oversight, not funding.
• The speaker treats it as the strongest reason to go ahead.: The speaker finds the science convincing and sees a practical need. The speaker does not use the funding as a reason.