Ford prepared to deliver the infrastructure goods to pro-development First Nations
Premier Doug Ford is promising upfront infrastructure and amenities for those northern Indigenous communities that are on board with mining-related development in the Ring of Fire.
During a Sept. 19 media conference in Markdale to celebrate the $200-million expansion of Chapman’s Ice Cream, Ford was asked by a reporter what progress his government has made over the summer on consultation with Indigenous groups on the prospective mine development in the Far North.
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