OTTAWA – Premier Kathleen Wynne has emerged from a meeting with Stephen Harper in Ottawa satisfied she has the prime minister’s ear on a massive mineral development in northern Ontario.
Wynne says Harper is open to the idea of a development corporation to help build critical infrastructure to unlock an area dubbed the Ring of Fire.
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Wynne has repeatedly expressed frustration with what she termed a lack of engagement by a federal Conservative government that has strongly supported resource developments in Alberta and Newfoundland, among other places.
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But with a mineral-rich area in remote northwestern Ontario known as the Ring of Fire facing its own infrastructure challenges, the Ontario government has been trying to force a commitment from the federal government.
Wynne says she left today’s meeting more optimistic than she had been that Queen’s Park and Ottawa will be able to work together on the project.
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