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A central focus of the Ford government is exploiting the “Ring of Fire” region in the northern James Bay Lowlands, despite the resistance of Indigenous nations there. These nations assert that the provincial government has failed in its consultation duties, and that its drive to exploit the area’s minerals is endangering the region’s peatlands, which act as crucial carbon sinks.
The industry-friendly amendments aim to boost mining production in the province, but Indigenous communities say this could potentially cut them out of the conversation.
SUDBURY – Northern Ontario New Democrats are accusing the provincial government of reverting to a divide-and-conquer strategy that echoes the colonial past…