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Comment Guide: Key Messages When Writing about the Proposed Ring of Fire

Proposed mining activities are often posted for public comment, such as on the Environmental Registry of Ontario or the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada registry, creating important opportunities for you to have your say and express opposition to mining activities in the proposed Ring of Fire area. This blog sets out key messages you can use in your comments.

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Courtroom to community: Reconciliation means amplifying access to justice, Indigenous voices

“Canada’s adoption of the UNDRIP into Canadian law via the UNDA must mean more than a status quo application of the section 35 framework,” wrote Justice Julie Blackhawk in the seminal Kebaowek First Nation v. CNL federal court case (Kebaowek First Nation v. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, [2025] F.C.J. No. 300). For the Indigenous grassroot leaders and youth seeking to intervene in the constitutional challenge to the provincial government’s Bill 5 that was passed in June 2025, this revisioning of the status quo remains a live issue.

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Niniibawtamin Anishinaabe Aki Gathering: Protecting the Land and Water from Mining Extraction and Radioactive Contamination

Our latest blog reflects on our experience attending the Niniibawtamin Anishinaabe Aki (translation: “Stand Up for Our Land”) Gathering in Thunder Bay, Ontario alongside our client, the Friends of the Attawapiskat River.

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