By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY – The call to shut down the Dryden mill over the ongoing impact on mercury contamination downstream is “a big responsibility on the federal government,” said Premier Doug Ford . “We do more for the First Nations than the feds. Ten times more,” he said at a press conference in Thunder Bay June 15. “On reserve, the federal government should be supporting the Indigenous communities.” “Number one priority is to have clean drinking water for everyone in Ontario, but again, where are the feds? Where are they?” he said. “We’re pouring money into First Nations. I’d love to support them any way we can,” said Ford. In the 1960s and 1970s, the then-owners of the Dryden mill dumped nine to…
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