Marten Falls lies within the 5,000-square kilometre boundary of the Ring of Fire, a mining project that the Ontario and federal governments hope will attract billions of dollars in private investment to extract valuable minerals such as stainless-steel ingredient chromite.
But Mr. Rae said money from the massive proposed mineral project can’t be counted on to fix the community’s woes.
“The way this situation is now described in the north is to say, ‘we have the magic bullet, it’s called the Ring of Fire’,” Mr. Rae said.
“It’s seen as the solution – (that) we now have the answer to underdevelopment. But everyone has to understand that this is not the magic solution to poverty, because you’ve got to get people ready for jobs and for work,” he added.
“You’ve got to create the conditions under which people are able to participate in the workforce,” Mr. Rae said, adding the effort could include targeted loans to help aboriginals launch businesses in traditional trades and crafts.
- Mining project is no ‘magic bullet’ for Aboriginal communities, says Bob Rae, TheGlobeAndMail.com, October 5, 2013.
3. There’s never a “silver bullet” around when you need one. It’s an increasingly frequent lament at the highest levels of government.
“Trade is critical but it is not alone a silver bullet,” President Obama lamented this week at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.
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