All First Nations invited to Bill 5 consultation sessions: Fedeli – TimminsToday.com
Indigenous leaders pan the process that will create special economic zones for major Ontario projects
Every First Nation in Ontario was invited to participate in the provincial government’s Bill 5 sessions to help design the special economic zones for strategic projects, insists Vic Fedeli, the province’s minister of economic development, job creation and trade.
Fedeli responded today to a reporter’s question in Toronto that chiefs of some northwestern Ontario communities contend that they weren’t invited to a series of meetings across the province — including one last week in Thunder Bay — to provide input and feedback on how to implement the controversial Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act.
“I would say that we intend to fully commit to our duty to consult and I would say that invitations were, indeed, sent to all Indigenous communities in Ontario,” said Fedeli in a short remark.
