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Six regional First Nations have filed a case with the Ontario Superior Court to challenge the province\u2019s Mining Act as an unconstitutional violation of their treaty and Charter equality rights. A news conference was held at Queen\u2019s Park on Monday morning to publicly announce the case and address questions from the media. Apitipi Anicinapek Nation is pursuing this case with Aroland First Nation, Attawapiskat First Nation, Fort Albany First Nation, Ginoogaming First Nation, and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug. Representatives from the six First Nations were joined at the conference by Kate Kempton, senior legal counsel at Woodward and Company, who will be representing them in this case. \u201cThe Mining Act in Ontario is racist (and) colonialist in many ways and it has to fall in those ways,\u201d she said. Kempton cited a… <\/p>\n

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Six regional First Nations have filed a case with the Ontario Superior Court to challenge the province\u2019s Mining Act as an unconstitutional violation of their treaty and Charter equality rights. A news conference was held at Queen\u2019s Park on Monday morning to publicly announce the case and address questions from the media. Apitipi Anicinapek Nation is pursuing this case with Aroland First Nation, Attawapiskat First Nation, Fort Albany First Nation, Ginoogaming First Nation, and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug. Representatives from the six First Nations were joined at the conference by Kate Kempton, senior legal counsel at Woodward and Company, who will be representing them in this case. \u201cThe Mining Act in Ontario is racist (and) colonialist in many ways and it has to fall in those ways,\u201d she said. Kempton cited a... <\/p>\n

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