https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/differences-come-into-focus-during-thunder-bay-superior-north-debate-940242
"...Parks, who was asked directly about Doug Ford’s comments during the leadership race to hop on a bulldozer to build a road to the Ring of Fire, chalked it up to the leader being “very enthusiastic,” adding Ford understands the process to develop the Ring of Fire will involve the communities.
“Any of these processes that are underway will be supported by the Ontario PC party,” Parks said.
“In the 2014 election, the Liberals said we were waiting for a federal partner for $1 billion. We have that change to red and we haven’t seen that money invested into the Ring of Fire at this point in time. It’s eight years later and we’re still talking.”
Gravelle made it clear Ford’s lack of regard for the process didn’t sit well.
“When Mr. Ford made those comments about bulldozing it was pretty shocking and it was pretty disrespectful to the Indigenous leadership,” Gravelle said.
“This is a project we need to do right. This is a major resource-based project in a remote part of the province that’s never seen development before.”
Vaugeois, as she did on multiple occasions during the forum, took square aim at the PCs for lack of a detailed plan.
“In my conversations with First Nations leadership in various communities they’re quite excited about the opportunities,” Vaugeois said.
“With the PCs there is verbal commitment but there is not actually a platform or a budget. Because they keep talking about various tax cuts they want to make, I want to know where’s the revenue going to come from to sustain the project.”
Ewen cautioned that negotiations with individual communities would not lead to long-term success.
“Until you can get all communities on board you’re not going to get it done,” Ewen said. “You can promise all the money in the world to this project but if all communities aren’t on board it’s not going to happen. It’s going to be another conversation for another eight years.”...
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