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Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar

Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright despite the growing backlash. Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford and Mining Minister Stephen Lecce said the province will amend Bill 5 to explicitly include duty to […]

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