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Well, it\u2019s summer, so it\u2019s protest season…thanks to Ontario\u2019s Premier Doug Ford. In a rush to put a shovel in the ground the Premier is pushing through Bill 5, \u201cUnleashing our Economy Act 2025,\u201d with plans to get mining moving, along with Ontario\u2019s economy. A move he called an \u201copportunity of a lifetime.\u201d Unfortunately for the Premier, not everyone sees it that way or accepts his attempt to bring First Nations on board, without consultation by creating what he calls First Nations-led special economic zones that will include the already controversial Ring of Fire region north of Lake Superior. If making the move to develop on First Nations lands without prior consultation isn\u2019t bad enough, the Premier, in true Ford style, told First Nations it\u2019s what they want.\u201d \u201cThis is… <\/p>\n

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Well, it\u2019s summer, so it\u2019s protest season…thanks to Ontario\u2019s Premier Doug Ford. In a rush to put a shovel in the ground the Premier is pushing through Bill 5, \u201cUnleashing our Economy Act 2025,\u201d with plans to get mining moving, along with Ontario\u2019s economy. A move he called an \u201copportunity of a lifetime.\u201d Unfortunately for the Premier, not everyone sees it that way or accepts his attempt to bring First Nations on board, without consultation by creating what he calls First Nations-led special economic zones that will include the already controversial Ring of Fire region north of Lake Superior. If making the move to develop on First Nations lands without prior consultation isn\u2019t bad enough, the Premier, in true Ford style, told First Nations it\u2019s what they want.\u201d \u201cThis is... <\/p>\n

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