"Gravelle said someone at a mining awards ceremony in Sudbury told him he didn't think the Ring of Fire would move forward while commodity prices are low, "and I certainly wasn't arguing that point ...

"That speaks to why it's all the more important we do the work we're doing now to be positioned to be ready for this development," said the minister."

Doesn't this guy understand that it will take a few years to get the any mine up and running!!!