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CP NewsAlert: Ontario will amend mining bill amid uproar from First Nations

  • Liam Casey

    Liam Casey

  • Canadian Press

  • May 28, 2025

A stream runs along the outskirts of Neskantaga First Nation in Neskantaga, Ont., which is part of northern Ontario's mineral-rich Ring of Fire, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright, The Canadian Press has learned.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford and Mining Minister Stephen Lecce say the province will amend Bill 5 to explicitly include duty to consult provisions throughout the bill.

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