Blah blah blah-still getting it right in legislature
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Oct 03, 2016 05:45PM
NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)
Pretty much restating they are getting it right.
http://www.ontla.on.ca/house-proceedings/transcripts/files_pdf/28-SEP-2016_L009.pdf
RING OF FIRE
Mr. Michael Mantha: My question is to the Premier.
People are worried about whether there will be a future
for the next generation in northern Ontario. The Ring of
Fire can create good jobs and good lives for people in
northern Ontario. The throne speech, once again, had
nothing but a brief mention about the Ring of Fire development, even though the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has asked that it be declared a national priority.
People in northern Ontario have been let down over
and over again by this Wynne Liberal government. They
are struggling to pay their hydro bills. They deserve
good-paying jobs and not more promises.
When will this government act and develop the Ring
of Fire?
Hon. Kathleen O. Wynne: Minister of Municipal
Affairs.
Hon. Bill Mauro: I’m pleased to answer the question
from the member on this particular topic, on behalf of the
Minister of Northern Development and Mines. The member references, in his words, the lack of a reference to this
particular project in the throne speech, but what I can say
back to the member is that I remember very clearly the commitments that were made in the 2014 election platform around the Ring of Fire and the $1 billion that we
have attached for this particular project when it begins to
move forward. You know what I remember? When the
leaders’ debate was in Thunder Bay—and your leader
was there—on the day of the debate, there was not
anything in your platform when it came to committing to
the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but the day after the
debate or somewhere around that time, she finally saw
the light and decided, “Well, we need to do what we
can.” And so an unidentified number was attached. I
think the language that came from your leader was
“Whatever we need; we’ll do whatever we need.”
Clearly, it’s something that your party had not thought
about. A very clear commitment from our government on
the Ring of Fire: $1 billion—
The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): Supplementary?
Mr. Michael Mantha: Last year, the Auditor General
said that in six years, the hand-picked Ring of Fire
Secretariat spent $13 million and had nothing to show.
Your minister’s mandate letter, Premier, says that work
on roads and infrastructure in the region to connect with
the future Ring of Fire development would start in 2018.
So northerners won’t even see your Ring of Fire for a
decade or more.
When will this government have the once-in-a-lifetime
Ring of Fire development shovel-ready?
Hon. Bill Mauro: I know that the member opposite
represents a northern community and a northern riding,
and I would expect that in his questions and in his
knowledge of this particular issue, he would at least
attach some importance and make some reference to the
significant amount of work that’s gone on by the minister
and the government in terms of working with our First
Nation partners, in terms of the ability to advance this
project. But on a number of occasions, as the critic for
northern development and mines and on this file, he has
stood in this place and asked these questions as if that is
not a significant component regarding what has to occur
before the project can go forward.
Speaker, we know that that is significant. You know
the minister has done a lot of work in that particular
regard. I would like to say to the member, once again, it
would be nice if your leader would actually stake out a
position and make a commitment on this in terms of what
dollars she would attach, if she had the opportunity to
lead the province, to the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario.