“We know the Ring of Fire’s future will not be determined within the region itself but in southern Ontario, where the majority of the political ridings are,” she noted. “Or it will be decided [in Ottawa] to the extent that the federal government is involved.”
“So we must win the hearts and minds of those people sitting at home because that’s how your project is going to be approved,” she said, stressing that meaningful CSR and engagement with locally affected communities was one of the best methods of doing this. (Kate Lyons)
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