Algonquin Land Claim
It’s been relatively quiet on the Algonquin Land Claim front over the past few years, but negotiations have been ongoing. The land claim covers 36,000 square kilometres in eastern Ontario, an area with more than 1.2 million people and a variety of existing land uses. The final treaty will see the transfer of over 117,000
The MNRF’s draft Algonquin Land Claim Environmental Evaluation Report (EER) is a 262 page document outlining the environmental impacts of transferring 117,500 acres of Crown lands to the Algonquins of Ontario. The EER largely fails to address the social impacts of this land transfer, which is why the OFAH is particularly concerned. The OFAH has
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