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By Jon Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet The federal government has not responded to requests for comment since Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for Canada to abandon its environmental assessment in the proposed Ring of Fire mining development. At an infrastructure funding announcement for Webequie First Nation last week , Ontario Premier Doug Ford publicly asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to disband the regional environmental assessment process. Ford argued Canada\u2019s process is merely duplicating existing provincial and First Nationsefforts.\u201cWe have to move, and move quick. Let\u2019s get the federal government out of the way. The prime minister assured me that it\u2019s going to be, \u2018one project, one process,\u2019\u201d Ford said, the same day his government announced its own process, which bears that name. \u201cI trust the prime minister. When… <\/p>\n

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By Jon Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet The federal government has not responded to requests for comment since Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for Canada to abandon its environmental assessment in the proposed Ring of Fire mining development. At an infrastructure funding announcement for Webequie First Nation last week , Ontario Premier Doug Ford publicly asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to disband the regional environmental assessment process. Ford argued Canada\u2019s process is merely duplicating existing provincial and First Nationsefforts.\u201cWe have to move, and move quick. Let\u2019s get the federal government out of the way. The prime minister assured me that it\u2019s going to be, \u2018one project, one process,\u2019\u201d Ford said, the same day his government announced its own process, which bears that name. \u201cI trust the prime minister. When... <\/p>\n

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