QUEEN’S PARK- Ontario NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa, Critic for Northern Development and Indigenous and Treaty Relations released the following statement in solidarity with today’s First Nations rally against Ford’s mining agenda:
"I stand in full solidarity with the First Nations of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Wapekeka, Neskantaga, Grassy Narrows, and Muskrat Dam. No project should proceed without the free, prior, and informed consent of First Nations. Today, the Ontario NDP and I join these Nations in calling on Premier Ford to end the "free entry" system and instead take a nation-to-nation approach to all mining activities. Meaningful consent is not only vital for reconciliation; it is an absolute must in our quest to safeguard the land and water that sustain all life."