[All] Ontario's Ring of Fire

[Susan Koswan]

Oi!

Look what you learn when you start nosing around. I had never heard of 
Ontario's Ring of Fire mining site.

See below,

Susan K

I've been following up on Greg M's idea of "food or fuel" and curious 
whether we still subsidize ethanol production made from ON seed corn. 
Was checking out the ON gov't 2022 budget and found this: 
https://budget.ontario.ca/2022/pdf/2022-ontario-budget-en.pdf

Ontariohascommittedcloseto$1billiontosupportcriticallegacyinfrastructuresuchasall‐season
roadstotheRingofFire.Tosupporttheconstructionofall‐seasonroads,thegovernment
approvedtheprovincialTermsofReferencefortheEnvironmentalAssessmentfortheproposed
MartenFallsFirstNationCommunityAccessRoadandWebequieFirstNationSupplyRoad
projectsinOctober2021.Inaddition,inApril2022,MartenFallsFirstNationandWebequieFirst
NationannouncedthattheywillbesubmittingaTermsofReferencefortheproposedNorthern
RoadLinkEnvironmentalAssessment.Theproposedroadisthefinalpieceofcriticalroad
infrastructureneededtoensurereliable,all‐seasonroadaccesstopotentialminingsitesintheRing
ofFireandconnectbothFirstNationcommunitiestoOntario’shighwaynetwork.Theprovincial
governmentwillcontinuetoworkwiththefederalgovernmenttocoordinatetheimpact
assessmentrequirementsfortheseprojects.


Geopoliticalforcesarefuelingasurgingdemandforreliableandresponsiblysourcedcritical
minerals,makingthisastrategicimperativeforCanada.TheRingofFirewillbringsignificant
economic,socialandcommunitybenefitstotheentirenation,andthishistoricprojectneedsafull
federalpartner.ThisiswhyOntariowillcontinuetocallontheGovernmentofCanadatostepup
andmatchOntario’sfundingcommitmentstogettingtheroadtotheRingofFirebuilt.

And found this on Wikipedia, emphasizing that this is the third largest 
wetland in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_%28Northern_Ontario%29

Challenges facing the development of the Ring of Fire mineral include 
lack of access to the remote region, infrastructure deficits such as 
roads, railway, electricity and broadband, First Nations land rights, 
and environmental issues^[6] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_%28Northern_Ontario%29#cite_note-reuters12mar2013-8> 
in the James Bay Lowlands 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Bay_Lowlands>, the *"third largest 
wetland in the world".*^[7] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_%28Northern_Ontario%29#cite_note-GovOntarionFarNorth-9> 
Clement was looking to business, not the federal government, to invest 
"in power and transportation infrastructure to develop the deposit".^[6] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_%28Northern_Ontario%29#cite_note-reuters12mar2013-8> 

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