Ring of Fire road will bring ‘great’ opportunity for adjacent Indigenous communities – TimminsToday.com
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.
Ford sidestepped the thrust of the question with a personal anecdote on a recent and private gathering with one of the Ring of Fire community road proponents, considered an ally to the provincial government.
