Opposition politicians were not nearly as enthused.

Thunder Bay-Superior North Liberal MPP Michael Gravelle, who helped design the initial framework as the former mines minister, expressed disappointment, saying it has him concerned.

“This was an agreement where I think good work was done. I still think there was good work that needed to be done and I’m somewhat disappointed that the minister has given up on that,” Gravelle said.

Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath called the move a huge step in the wrong direction, calling on the province to tweak the framework rather than tearing it up.

“Ripping up the framework agreement between Ontario and the nine Matawa-member First Nations takes Ontario backwards by a decade when it comes to igniting the Ring of Fire,” said Horwath in a statement while in Thunder Bay for northern caucus meetings.

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