Ontario govt, First Nations celebrate framework for RoF negotiations

The Ontario provincial government and local First Nations on Thursday celebrated the recent signing of a landmark regional framework agreement to develop the Ring of Fire (RoF), a mineral-rich area in the northern muskeg-wastelands of Ontario. The agreement was billed as a first step in the historic, community-based negotiation process that would aim to bring together the nine First Nations and Ontario to discuss and negotiate an approach for development in the First Nations' traditional territories. The process would help ensure that First Nations participate in, and benefit from, RoF developments.