By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY — The province’s Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act and a similar federal bill are both “deeply flawed” and unworthy of support without corrective action, says the political organization for 49 First Nations in northern Ontario. “Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C-5 are deeply flawed pieces of legislation that have left First Nations out of the decision-making process about what happens in their territories,” a written statement sent by Nishnawbe Aski Nation to Newswatch on Friday said. Bill 5 was the Protect Ontario act’s number as it passed through the required three readings and committee hearings in Queen’s Park. The sprawling legislation’s many parts included allowing the provincial cabinet to create “special economic zones” to fast-track…
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