Ontario lawsuit underscores Indigenous anger over being left out of resource decisions – CBC

Jun 20, 2025

Saugeen Ojibway Nation sues province for $167M

Saugeen Ojibway Nation is taking Ontario to court, arguing decades of unpaid salt royalties and a pattern of exclusion from key decisions about stone and sand quarries in its territory reflect a broader problem: resource development that leaves Indigenous nations left out of the conversation.

The First Nation spoke to CBC News on Wednesday, the first time it has spoken publicly about the issue since filing its lawsuit in Ontario Superior Court last July.

The suit accuses the Ontario government of reaping decades of royalties from the world’s largest salt mine in Goderich, Ont., while at the same time sidestepping the First Nation in the opening and operation of an some 500 sand and gravel quarries within their 1.5 million-acre traditional territory.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lawsuit-first-nations-billc5-bill5-salt-1.7564822