By Fatima Syed and Carl Meyer Ontario has not been involved in the federal government\u2019s regional assessment of the Ring of Fire, withholding scientific data and funding needed to understand the impact of mining development, even as the province ushers it through. The province is absent in the regional assessment working group\u2019s interim report, released Feb. 23. In multiple instances, the group, made up of representatives from 15 First Nations and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, makes clear Ontario has yet to sign on. There is still an \u201copportunity for collaboration with the province of Ontario in the regional assessment,\u201d the group wrote in the report. The group said it\u2019s preparing what \u201cspecific information\u201d it will need to request from the province. Ontario\u2019s absence is notable as the Doug… <\/p>\n
By Fatima Syed and Carl Meyer Ontario has not been involved in the federal government\u2019s regional assessment of the Ring of Fire, withholding scientific data and funding needed to understand the impact of mining development, even as the province ushers it through. The province is absent in the regional assessment working group\u2019s interim report, released Feb. 23. In multiple instances, the group, made up of representatives from 15 First Nations and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, makes clear Ontario has yet to sign on. There is still an \u201copportunity for collaboration with the province of Ontario in the regional assessment,\u201d the group wrote in the report. The group said it\u2019s preparing what \u201cspecific information\u201d it will need to request from the province. Ontario\u2019s absence is notable as the Doug... <\/p>\n