First Nations support transmission line deemed as priority project by Ontario government – Anishinabek News
March 6, 2026
BARRIE – First Nations leaders are among those praising a provincial initiative on a transmission line that has been designated as a priority project.
At a news conference in Barrie earlier in February, the Government of Ontario announced its desire to build a transmission line from roughly Barrie to Sudbury, a distance of about 290 kilometres. And it declared Hydro One would develop and construct the line, which is expected to create about 9,000 jobs in the process.
The proposed line is part of the Ontario government’s plan to boost economic growth in the northern portions of the province.
