Leaders of northern Ontario First Nations descended upon Queen's Park in Toronto on Wednesday to deliver a message to the province: they want to be equal partners on any kind of development in their territories.
As part of making their point, the First Nations throughout Treaty 9 territory – which encompasses much of northern Ontario – launched a lawsuit against the province and the federal government, alleging they haven't been properly consulted on decisions involving their land.
"We never surrendered our rights," Chief Sylvia Koostachin Metatawabin, of Attawapiskat First Nation, said at the legislature. Premier Doug Ford has previously said he'll get a road built to the region even if he has to hop on a bulldozer himself. "In the past we never ceded anything, we wanted to share, we wanted to work together, we wanted to make decisions, but that hasn't happened," he said."No Ring of Fire," one yelled.Security escorted the pair out of the legislature.
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