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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com TORONTO \u2014 Ontario\u2019s Indigenous affairs minister says he has no plans to hand over his cabinet portfolios. \u201cI’m not going anywhere,\u201d Greg Rickford said in an interview with Dougall Media after a community event the Kenora-Rainy River MPP held in Ignace on Thursday. Aside from the Indigenous affairs position, Rickford is also Ontario\u2019s Minister of First Nations Economic Reconciliation, and the one responsible for Ring of Fire economic and community partnerships. \u201cI love working with First Nations leadership, I love helping to build bridges between First Nations communities and municipalities,\u201d Rickford continued. \u201cI think what you’ve seen is First Nations leadership come out and be very supportive of the work our government’s doing and very supportive of the work that I’m doing.\u201d… <\/p>\n

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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com TORONTO \u2014 Ontario\u2019s Indigenous affairs minister says he has no plans to hand over his cabinet portfolios. \u201cI’m not going anywhere,\u201d Greg Rickford said in an interview with Dougall Media after a community event the Kenora-Rainy River MPP held in Ignace on Thursday. Aside from the Indigenous affairs position, Rickford is also Ontario\u2019s Minister of First Nations Economic Reconciliation, and the one responsible for Ring of Fire economic and community partnerships. \u201cI love working with First Nations leadership, I love helping to build bridges between First Nations communities and municipalities,\u201d Rickford continued. \u201cI think what you’ve seen is First Nations leadership come out and be very supportive of the work our government’s doing and very supportive of the work that I’m doing.\u201d... <\/p>\n

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