Ontario Government (Conservative majority), 2025-29

[The Bread Guy]

Remember that First Nation all keen on getting an all-season road into their area as part of the Ring of Fire development? They're the red marker near the middle of NW Ontario on the map - that would be about 140 km or so south of the proposed Ring of Fire mineral development (the other yellow markers are other FNs litigating against Canada's/Ontario's Bill(s) C-5):

Home - Marten Falls First Nation

ABOUT THE ALL-SEASON COMMUNITY ACCESS ROAD Marten Falls First Nation is a remote First Nation community led by an elected Chief and Council, located in the Far North of Ontario at the junction of the Albany and Ogoki Rivers, approximately 170 km northeast of Nakina, Ontario and 430 km northeast...

www.martenfallsaccessroad.ca

Marten Falls community access road project

Learn about the environmental assessment process for a proposed road from the northern end of the Painter Lake forestry road to the community of Marten Falls.

www.ontario.ca

Well, the wheel seems to have turned ....

Ontario First Nation asks for halt to Ring of Fire mining development

TORONTO - An Ontario First Nation that has worked toward road access to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire on its traditional territory is now asking the courts to prevent the

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

Zero inside info re: why they're now jumping on the litigation bandwagon, but the saga continues ....

 

[Brad Sallows]

Zero inside info re: why they're now jumping on the litigation bandwagon, but the saga continues ....

Perhaps money, which from time to time is the cause of obstructionism.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Perhaps money, which from time to time is the cause of obstructionism.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaybe, but it's not like they're not getting money doing all the studies to get a road up there. As with most such stories, probably LOADS more going on behind the scenes.