A breath of fresh air from Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, excerpt below.

First Nations ready to be partners in development

Northern Ontario Business, Ian Ross, 3/3/2015

Yesno said the “flawed” legislation, “heavily influenced” by environmental groups, placed an emphasis on protecting Crown land for caribou and other endangered species rather than utilizing land to generate wealth for the region’s inhabitants.

Though not opposed to the spirit of Bill 191, Yesno said it doesn’t mesh with reality.

“In our communities, the old economy of living off the land, the fur trade, has come and gone in the last 200 years. It’s relegated us to a welfare state and we want to get out of that. We want to participate in the new economy, particularly the natural resources sector.”

emphasis mine.

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