NAN in Toronto Asking Province to Scrap Bill

Several First Nations groups who oppose a bill seeking to map land in the Far North are rallying at the Ontario legislature to seek support for their cause.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy says the bill infringes on First Nation treaty rights.
Beardy says the plan will give the government too much power to decide how to handle lands where First Nations live and argues the consultation process is so rushed that it’s not legitimate.
New Democrat Gilles Bisson says the government is “mucking up” the process by leaving out the people most directly affected, just like with the Mining Act.
The Ministry of Natural Resources insists there’s still plenty of time to make changes to the bill, which promises to protect at least 225,000 square kilometres in a network of conservation areas.