New Prosperity Table 116 years late: grand chief May 12, 2021 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief Jonathan Solomon says the new initiative between the province and the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) comes 116 years late. Over the next two years, the Ontario government will work with the Chiefs of Ontario on creating the First Nations Economic Growth and Prosperity Table. According to the provincial announcement, the Prosperity Table will help advance the economic growth of Indigenous communities and establish partnerships between First Nation communities and local industry, businesses and municipalities. Solomon said when Treaty 9 was signed in 1905, the Indigenous party’s understanding was that they would be able to share the resources in the region.