Ring of Fire a hot topic in Ontario election – CBC
May 26, 2014
Chief, candidates at odds over right to say no
First Nations consent is required before the Ring of Fire mining development can go ahead, according to a chief in northern Ontario.
“If I’m given a bottle of anti-freeze, I have a right to say no, I don’t want to die,” said Neskantaga Chief Peter Moonias.
“It’s the same thing with all these impacts that are going to come out of the chemicals of the mining company.”
Consent vs. consultation
Politicians of all stripes tout the chromite and nickel deposits in Treaty 9 territory as the economic opportunity of a century.
