today's news:

https://ipolitics.ca/2019/01/29/trudeau-shuffles-parliamentary-secretaries-releases-mandate-letter-for-new-minister/

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed two new parliamentary secretaries and expanded responsibilities for another, weeks after making likely his final cabinet shuffle before the 2019 election.

He also publicly released the formal mandate letter for the country’s newest cabinet portfolio.

On Tuesday, Trudeau appointed first-term Quebec MP Rémi Massé as parliamentary secretary to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains, and named Marc Serré the parliamentary secretary to new Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan.

Serré represents the Sudbury, Ont., area riding of Nickel Belt, while Massé holds a seat in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec.

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Marc Serre, has been a big cheerleader of the Ring of Fire over the years. The most recent last march...see below.

https://www.mywestnipissingnow.com/19753/serre-says-feds-remain-committed-ring-fire/

March 12, 2018

SERRE SAYS FEDS REMAIN COMMITTED TO RING OF FIRE

There might not any specific mention of the Ring of Fire in the federal budget, but Nickel Belt MP Marc Serre says the feds are still committed to it.  Serre says the remote region is missing critical things like power infrastructure and broadband.  He says this is what the feds are focusing and working on, so the mining companies at the site can do what they do best which is to focus on exploration and extraction.  Serre also believes what will eventually be needed at the Ring of Fire is a road-rail combination to extract the chromite and other metals.   He says in the meantime the feds are talking with the province about the road work project.   Serre says the federal government has been spending money to help develop the Ring of Fire including spending $69-million last year to install much-needed broadband technology.