As part of its ongoing plans to develop in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, the Ontario government has signed a community partnership agreement with Marten Falls First Nation.

The agreement comes with up to $39.5 million, matching the amount promised to Webequie First Nation through an agreement it signed with the province last month. The province also signed a shared prosperity agreement with Aroland First Nation in January.

Premier Doug Ford says unlocking critical minerals in the Ring of Fire — a crescent-shaped mineral deposit in the James Bay lowlands in northwestern Ontario — “will add $22 billion to Canada's economy and create 70,000 new jobs.”

However, the province needs to build roads in order to reach that deposit — which would go through First Nations’ traditional

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