Stay on schedule, show some cash, says Ring of Fire miner and province to Ottawa – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – January 27, 2025)

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Province still waiting on feds for matching $1-billion infrastructure commitment as regional study begins

The launch of a federal Regional Assessment of the Ring of Fire has the backing of the region’s leading mine developer and a government in Queen’s Park that’s bullish on resource extraction.

But Wyloo Canada and Ontario’s mines ministry want the assessment process to stay on schedule and expect Ottawa to show a real financial commitment toward development. The Regional Assessment has moved at a snail’s pace since former federal environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson first called for one in February 2020.

With a federal election looming, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada revealed on Jan. 20 that the terms of reference, with a work plan to move the process forward, had been finalized. Co-led by Indigenous tribal councils and communities, the Regional Assessment is described as a planning tool to assess to the potential impacts of multiple mines and related movement in the James Bay region.

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