Canada: Mining Companies, First Nations Clashing Over Ring Of Fire, MPs Told

The court battle is over the type of environmental assessment Big Thor will receive from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), its regulator.

The CEAA has chosen to do a comprehensive review of the project instead of a more-intensive joint review panel. The Matawa First Nations argues Big Thor triggers all three requirements for a joint review panel: adverse environmental impacts, infringement of treaty and aboriginal rights, and significant public concern.

http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/02/14/mining-companies-first-nations-clashing-over-ring-of-fire-mps-told/