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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source TORONTO \u2013 First Nations leaders made a strong case against Bill 5 at committee hearings this week, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa said Friday. \u201cThey made it very clear \u2013 this is a very wrong move on the part of the government,\u201d Mamakwa told Newswatch. \u201cThe government talks about its duty to consult, but they don\u2019t understand it. They don\u2019t understand the treaty part of it. There\u2019s no respect for the treaty.\u201d Leaders from Treaty 9 First Nations spoke at a hearing of the Standing Committee on the Interior on Thursday against legislation the province\u2019s Progressive Conservative government says is necessary to streamline resource development and make Ontario more competitive. An \u201coverflow crowd\u201d for the hearing underscored the depth of opposition… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source TORONTO \u2013 First Nations leaders made a strong case against Bill 5 at committee hearings this week, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa said Friday. \u201cThey made it very clear \u2013 this is a very wrong move on the part of the government,\u201d Mamakwa told Newswatch. \u201cThe government talks about its duty to consult, but they don\u2019t understand it. They don\u2019t understand the treaty part of it. There\u2019s no respect for the treaty.\u201d Leaders from Treaty 9 First Nations spoke at a hearing of the Standing Committee on the Interior on Thursday against legislation the province\u2019s Progressive Conservative government says is necessary to streamline resource development and make Ontario more competitive. An \u201coverflow crowd\u201d for the hearing underscored the depth of opposition... <\/p>\n

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