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THUNDER BAY – Local and provincial leaders are reacting after a group of Treaty 9 First Nations launched a lawsuit with potentially massive consequences for how the lands are governed, including the approval of mining projects in the Ring of Fire.
The First Nations have suggested the written version of the treaty did not accurately reflect oral negotiations, and that the written version was not shared with their communities. Taking questions at a government announcement Thursday, Thunder Bay–Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland, who serves as parliamentary secretary to Minister of Northern Development and Indigenous Affairs Greg Rickford, said his government was still reviewing information related to the lawsuit.
Marit Stiles, the newly-minted leader of the Ontario NDP, said in an interview the lawsuit showed the Ford government’s approach to First Nations is failing. Mike Schreiner, Ontario Green Party leader, who like Stiles was visiting Thunder Bay for the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference, agreed the province isn’t taking consultation with First Nations seriously enough.
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