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Dayna Nadine Scott, York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada

Canada's environment minister is headed for trouble if Ottawa doesn't correct course on the Ring of Fire

The boreal forests in the James Bay Lowlands are part of an ecosystem relied upon by Indigenous communities for their survival. (Shutterstock)

In the vast peatlands of Ontario’s James Bay Lowlands, a new region-wide approach to considering the potential impacts of northern mining development is dangerously close to sliding completely off the rails. And it may take Canada’s new “activist” Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault with it.

Mineral deposits in the Ring of Fire have long fuelled Ontario’s interest in opening up the region. Now, dreams of a new nickel mine are driving plans for an electric vehicle manufacturing hub and leading Australian mining giant Wyloo to take over major mining stakes.

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