Spot on!!!
I'll bet any Ontario government would LOVE the tax revenues coming out of the Ring right now.
I'll bet the federal government would also LOVE the tax flow and international trade bargaining chip if the Ring was into development.
I'll bet 99% of First Nations would be extremely happy to see prosperity flowing into their communities if the Ring was open for business.
I'll bet every investor in mining circles would at least know or have heard about the incredible opportunity that the Ring has in it... if an Open For Business sign existed.
I'll bet there would be no way in H E L L there would be even the slightest opportunity for the control of such a huge natural Canadian resource to fall into the hands of a foreign private entity... if cooperation had been the leading driver in negotiations 10 years ago from all players.
If the Ring is lost to foreign ownership history should be written about the absolute negligence of all parties involved. But alas, this negligence is so wide spread that nobody in Canada has even the slightest idea of what the Ring of Fire is!!!
Hence the big steal continues.