First Nations alliance wants Ontario Premier Doug Ford to end the \u0027free entry system\u0027 for miners in their communities. Find out more
region in northern Ontario, which the Ford government has said has “multi-generational potential” to produce minerals in high demand amid the shift away from fossil fuels, such as nickel and copper.to connect the Ring of Fire with manufacturers in the southern part of the province. The project is being advanced with the help of two Indigenous groups, but some First Nations in the region, including Neskantaga, have opposed it, saying the area needs a stricter environmental assessment.
“We don’t want to be overrun by, I don’t like to use the word greed, but somehow that’s how I envision it when companies come into our territories offering us little pieces of piecemeals,” said Morris. “We have got to slow things down and make the government and other industry realize there is a third part of government up north and that’s the First Nations government.”Article content
Chief Rudy Turtle of Grassy Narrows in Northern Kenora, Ont., echoed Morris’s sentiments. He said that since Ford became premier, mining claims in the territory had “quadrupled to roughly 4,000 claims,” mostly looking for gold. The community fears mining activity will add more injury to an area already damaged by industry logging and mercury poisoning from a paper mill in the 1960s.
In response, a spokesperson for Ontario Minister of Mines George Pirie said in a statement that the Crown’s duty to consult obligations will be met on all projects across the province, including in resource sectors.
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