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Mr. Norm Miller: My question is for the Deputy
Premier.
After 14 years of Liberal waste and political scandals,
Ontarians work harder, pay more and get less. Infrastructure to the Ring of Fire—or the lack thereof—is just one
example. This government first promised to develop the
Ring of Fire in 2010. In the throne speech, they called it
“the most promising mining opportunity in Canada in a
century.”
In 2014, they promised $1 billion to build transportation infrastructure to the Ring of Fire. Since then, the
Premier has made a lot of promises and some excuses,
but still we’ve seen no shovels in the ground. Northern
Ontarians are running out of patience with this government.
Mr. Speaker, after 14 years of waste and scandal, and
because of the broken promises about developing the
Ring of Fire, how can northern Ontarians trust the Premier or the Liberals ever again?
Hon. Chris Ballard: To the Minister of Indigenous
Relations and Reconciliation.
Hon. David Zimmer: Thank you very much for that
question.
Of course, the Ring of Fire does represent a historic
opportunity to really effect—
Interjection.
The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): The member from
Lanark, second time.
Finish, please.
Hon. David Zimmer: Because of that historic opportunity to affect the economic underpinnings of this province—that’s why this government committed $1 billion
to infrastructure development in the region. We are going
to build on that infrastructure development in the region.
Just recently, we invested about $785,000, along with
the federal government, to enable the Webequie,
Eabametoong, Neskantaga and Nibinamik First Nations
to complete an all-season community service corridor
study. That’s the first step in unlocking the potential of
the Ring of Fire commitment.
This is a commitment that the opposition parties
should help us with, instead of putting roadblocks in the
way. We are going to open the Ring of Fire—
The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): Thank you. New
question.