Environmentalists say Ottawa’s Ring of Fire assessment doesn’t address full impact of Far North mining – Timmins Today
Letter to federal cabinet ministers supports First Nation-led process with a wider study area
A coalition of conservationists, environmentalists and lawyers want Ottawa’s Ring of Fire environmental assessment process to be broadened in size and scope to include industrial centres like Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.
In a March 15 letter sent to three federal cabinet ministers, the group is calling for a pause in the two-year-old Regional Assessment process in order to rejig the structure and governance to allow Indigenous communities in the region to take the lead.
It’s the same proposal put forward earlier by an alliance of remote First Nation communities in the James Bay area.
