Ontario to table legislation that will speed up mine development

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Premier Doug Ford said Thursday that reddish portion successful the mining manufacture is holding backmost the province's economy. The caller measure would bash distant with respective biology assessments related to mining development.

Premier Doug Ford said Thursday that reddish portion successful the mining manufacture is holding backmost the province's economy

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 17, 2025 11:47 AM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

A car drives done Neskantaga First Nation successful Neskantaga, Ont., connected a ungraded roadworthy with houses on the broadside and teleophone wires overhead connected a sunny summertime day.

Ontario is acceptable to array authorities that it says volition velocity up the improvement of mines.

Officials besides accidental the caller measure volition bash distant with respective biology assessments, including 1 of a projected excavation successful the province's Ring of Fire portion and different of a projected landfill successful southwestern Ontario.

Premier Doug Ford says reddish portion and bureaucracy are holding Ontario's system back.

Ford has been pushing hard to excavation captious minerals successful bluish Ontario for years, but has stepped up his efforts successful caller months successful the look of the commercialized warfare with the United States.

The state volition besides springiness itself the powerfulness to make "special economical zones" to assistance velocity up projects.

Many First Nations person voiced their concerns astir Ford's plans to excavation their accepted territories without their consent.

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