Chief Allan Gustafson says Ontario has taken a 'minimal' approach to its duty to consult and accommodate
WHITESAND FIRST NATION — Another Northwestern Ontario First Nation is taking issue with the provincial government's approach to mining.
Chief Allan Gustafson made the declaration in a letter to Mines Minister George Pirie, Northern Development & Indigenous Affairs Ministers Greg Rickford, and Environment, Conservation and Parks Minister David Piccini. The community has an on-reserve population of about 300 and is located 250 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, near Armstrong.
Whitesand First Nation said the work that's proceeding at various stages is taking place without proper engagement with the community at the same time as the government is moving ahead with Bill 71 — the Building More Mines Act — which it said will only further complicate the issue.“It shouldn’t take 15 years to open a mine,” Minister of Mines George Pirie has stated.
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