By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY — Ontario’s energy and mines minister came to CEN-CAN to preach the value of a “1P1P” – one project, one process – system for getting new mines open. “It cannot take 15 years to open a mine in the province,” Stephen Lecce said Thursday in a conference that was part of the regional mining expo. “And so that’s why … we brought forth landmark one-project, one-process legislation” he said. A streamlined system is necessary because the old one “really undermines the flow of capital, and we need investment,” he said. “We need to attract global investment. We need to retain Canadian investment. “We want to see more Canadians working within our resource sector, and therefore that’s why we…
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