Ontario First Nations declare moratorium on Ring of Fire development
Aerial view of lake in Ring of Fire, Ontario. Stock image.
The Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Neskantaga First Nations
in the James Bay lowlands of Ontario, Canada have declared a moratorium on any development in the Ring of Fire area, stating that their territories and rights stand to be seriously and permanently desecrated by massive-scale mining in the minerals-rich region in the province’s north.
The Ontario government has said the region could potentially be as big as the Sudbury or Timmins mining camps. In December, mounting pressure forced the federal government to delay consultations after six First Nations in the region sent letters to the federal Impact Assessment Agency, CBC News reported.
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The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous First Nations (FSIN) has stated it’s concerned with ‘systemic racism’ in the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment’s Conservation Field Services. It comes after another reported incident involving a treaty hunter and a Saskatchewan Conservation Officer (CO).
In a media release, the FSIN said Canoe Lake Cree First Nation band member Darcy Iron says he was hunting with his two young children near Humboldt, when he was approached by a CO. The officer checked the weapons belonging to Iron and left the scene shortly after. A few moments after the encounter, Iron and his children began to drive back to the city so the children could use the washroom before they were pulled over by the same officer. Iron’s guns were seized and he was detained in the CO’s vehicle for over an hour while his children were left alone in his vehicle.