Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Neskantaga First Nations in the James Bay lowlands have declared a moratorium on development to the Ring of Fire mining area and threatening are threatening legal action to preserve their lands and rights. They cite international laws including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and its requirements for free, prior and informed consent. You can read their demand for a moratorium below. In other news, a new policy institute was created for development in northeastern Ontario. The Abitibi Institute was launched last week to promote development in northereastern Ontario which they considered untapped potential. Meanwhile many First Nations are still under boil water advisory one year into the pandemic.
April 5, 2021 (Yahoo Finance):
First Nations Declare Moratorium on Ring of Fire Development
Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Neskantaga First Nations in the James Bay lowlands have declared a moratorium on any development in or to facilitate access to the Ring of Fire mining area.
“Moratorium release date April 1, 2021 – We First Nations in the James Bay lowlands, whose Territories and Rights stand to be seriously and permanently desecrated by massive scale mining in the Ring of Fire, hereby declare a MORATORIUM on any development in or to facilitate access to the Ring of Fire area.” Read more here…
April 5, 2021 (Northern Ontario Business):
No April Fool’s joke, three First Nation communities say they’ll go to court over the Ring of Fire
Indigenous communities claim they were misled by Ottawa on regional assessment, demand a shutdown of all mining-related development work
“Three First Nations in Ontario’s remote north are declaring a moratorium on development in the Ring of Fire, and are threatening legal action to preserve their lands and rights.” Read more here…
April 5, 2021 (Mining.com):
Ontario First Nations declare moratorium on Ring of Fire development
“The Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Neskantaga First Nations
in the James Bay lowlands of Ontario, Canada have declared a moratorium on any development in the Ring of Fire area, stating that their territories and rights stand to be seriously and permanently desecrated by massive-scale mining in the minerals-rich region in the province’s north.” Read more here…
April 3, 2021 (PressTV):
Canada’s Indigenous communities remain under boil-water advisories amid Covid-19
“Dozens of indigenous communities across Canada have still no access to drinking water more than a year into the coronavisus outbreak as the country’s liberal government has officially failed to deliver on its own five-year deadline to lift all drinking water advisories in First Nations reserves.” Read more here…
April 2, 2021 (Journal of Commerce):
Is a northern Canada transportation corridor a realistic goal?”
“As the SPP conceives it, CNC is a network of rights-of-way connecting Canada from coast to coast to coast. CNC is key to “responsible economic development in the 21st century.” Read more here…
April 1, 2021 (World Socialist Website):
Dozens of Canadian Indigenous communities under boil-water advisories one year into pandemic
“As of March 2021, Canada’s Liberal government officially failed to meet its five-year, self-imposed deadline to lift all long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations reserves across the country.” Read more here…
March 30, 2021 (Sudbury Star):
‘We’ve got what the world needs and we don’t talk about it’
A new policy institute created for northeastern Ontario
“The economic potential of northeastern Ontario is largely untapped according to a new think-tank organization focused on promoting the region’s most appealing qualities to the world.” Read more here…
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Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Neskantaga First Nations in the James Bay lowlands have declared a moratorium on development to the Ring of Fire mining area and threatening are threatening legal action to preserve their lands and rights. They cite international laws including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and its requirements for free, prior and informed consent. You can read their demand for a moratorium below. In other news, a new policy institute was created for development in northeastern Ontario. The Abitibi Institute was launched last week to promote development in northereastern Ontario which they considered untapped potential. Meanwhile many First Nations are still under boil water advisory one year into the pandemic.
April 5, 2021 (Yahoo Finance):
First Nations Declare Moratorium on Ring of Fire Development
Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Neskantaga First Nations in the James Bay lowlands have declared a moratorium on any development in or to facilitate access to the Ring of Fire mining area.
“Moratorium release date April 1, 2021 – We First Nations in the James Bay lowlands, whose Territories and Rights stand to be seriously and permanently desecrated by massive scale mining in the Ring of Fire, hereby declare a MORATORIUM on any development in or to facilitate access to the Ring of Fire area.” Read more here…
April 5, 2021 (Northern Ontario Business):
No April Fool’s joke, three First Nation communities say they’ll go to court over the Ring of Fire
Indigenous communities claim they were misled by Ottawa on regional assessment, demand a shutdown of all mining-related development work
“Three First Nations in Ontario’s remote north are declaring a moratorium on development in the Ring of Fire, and are threatening legal action to preserve their lands and rights.” Read more here…
April 5, 2021 (Mining.com):
Ontario First Nations declare moratorium on Ring of Fire development
“The Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Neskantaga First Nations
in the James Bay lowlands of Ontario, Canada have declared a moratorium on any development in the Ring of Fire area, stating that their territories and rights stand to be seriously and permanently desecrated by massive-scale mining in the minerals-rich region in the province’s north.” Read more here…
April 3, 2021 (PressTV):
Canada’s Indigenous communities remain under boil-water advisories amid Covid-19
“Dozens of indigenous communities across Canada have still no access to drinking water more than a year into the coronavisus outbreak as the country’s liberal government has officially failed to deliver on its own five-year deadline to lift all drinking water advisories in First Nations reserves.” Read more here…
April 2, 2021 (Journal of Commerce):
Is a northern Canada transportation corridor a realistic goal?”
“As the SPP conceives it, CNC is a network of rights-of-way connecting Canada from coast to coast to coast. CNC is key to “responsible economic development in the 21st century.” Read more here…
April 1, 2021 (World Socialist Website):
Dozens of Canadian Indigenous communities under boil-water advisories one year into pandemic
“As of March 2021, Canada’s Liberal government officially failed to meet its five-year, self-imposed deadline to lift all long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations reserves across the country.” Read more here…
March 30, 2021 (Sudbury Star):
‘We’ve got what the world needs and we don’t talk about it’
A new policy institute created for northeastern Ontario
“The economic potential of northeastern Ontario is largely untapped according to a new think-tank organization focused on promoting the region’s most appealing qualities to the world.” Read more here…
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