ClaimOutcome
New resource regions, with no output today, open only through projects that depend on the new fast-track laws: the Ring of Fire roads in Ontario, Grays Bay in Nunavut, Sept-Iles iron ore in Quebec and the Mackenzie Valley Highway in the Northwest Territories.
The evidence it rests on
Supports (4)
- Ontario and Marten Falls First Nation break ground on the Marten Falls Community Access Road to the Ring of Fire
Construction starts on the second road into the Ring of Fire, the Marten Falls Community Access Road.
Documented by: Government of Ontario (Ontario Newsroom), “Ontario and Marten Falls First Nation Break Ground on Ring of Fire Road” (external site), . and 1 more
- Ottawa approves the Webequie Supply Road after its impact assessment; Ontario and Webequie First Nation mark the start of construction
Federal approval of the first road into the Ring of Fire, with construction starting the same day according to Ontario.
Documented by: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, “Government of Canada completes Webequie Supply Road Project impact assessment” (external site), . and 2 more
- Three teams shortlisted for the ~$1B Grays Bay major-works contract (Kiewit; Ledcor/Bird; Samsung C&T/Webuild)
Grays Bay procurement moving.
Documented by: West Kitikmeot Resources Corp. (CNW news release), “Government of Canada begins consultations to consider listing Grays Bay project under Building Canada Act” (external site), . and 1 more
- Ottawa commits $405 million from the Arctic Infrastructure Fund to advance the Mackenzie Valley Highway
Federal money committed to the Mackenzie Valley Highway, mostly for assessment, design, one bridge and a short access road rather than the full highway.
Documented by: Government of the Northwest Territories (open data), “GNWT contracts report FY2022-23 to FY2025-26” (external site). and 2 more
Complicates (2)
- Friends of the Attawapiskat River file Federal Court judicial review of the federal Webequie Supply Road approval
Judicial review of the Webequie approval.
Documented by: Federal Court of Canada (filed copy posted by Legal Advocates for Nature's Defence), “Notice of Application, Federal Court file T-3312-26 (Friends of the Attawapiskat River), judicial review of the Webequie Supply Road decision” (external site), . and 1 more
- First Nations file a constitutional challenge to Ontario's Bill 5 (special economic zones) and federal Bill C-5 in the Ontario Superior Court, seeking C$100M and injunctions
Constitutional challenge to the laws the new regions depend on.
Documented by: Woodward & Co. (CNW news release), “First Nations launching major constitutional challenge to kill Bill 5, the Ford government's megadevelopment law, and Bill C5, Canada's megaprojects law” (external site), . and 3 more
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