Letter campaign aims to protect Indigenous rights, stop potential Ring of Fire development – Timmins Today
‘It’s early enough that they can get it right. So the louder that message is now, the better’ says Kerrie Blaise
An Indigenous-led grassroots group has launched a letter-writing campaign calling on Canada and Ontario to restart the regional assessment process in the Ring of Fire area and allow Indigenous peoples to lead the process.
Friends of the Attawapiskat River have posted a letter online. People can fill out a few details on the website to send a letter to government representatives. Over 100 people have supported it so far, with the goal being 500 people.
In early January, the group launched a petition asking Treaty 9 members to have a say in the environmental assessment and show their opposition to the proposed Ring of Fire development.
