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Peter Tabuns

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Toronto—Danforth
  • New Democratic Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • 923 Danforth Ave. Toronto, ON M4J 1L8 tabunsp-co@ndp.on.ca
  • tel: 416-461-0223
  • fax: 416-461-9542
  • tabunsp-qp@ndp.on.ca

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  • May/9/23 10:00:00 a.m.
  • Re: Bill 71 

I want to thank the member from Kiiwetinoong for an excellent speech—one that I hope millions of people will see, because I think they need to understand the issues that are at hand here.

I also have to say I was very shocked at the attempt to shut you down, because I think people need to have the historic background in order to actually come to grips with this issue.

Having listened to you, my sense is that passage of this bill will further undermine any ability to actually negotiate in an even-handed way between, on the one hand, First Nations and, on the other hand, the government of Ontario, to actually develop minerals in places where environmentally it might be possible do so. Is it fair to say that passage of this bill will make it more difficult to actually come to an agreement in a future on mining?

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  • Rabble!
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