RE:Watch for signs
Payback will come to Wynne for supporting Trudeau but I don't think it will be for the ROF. Infrastructure for southern Ontario will come before ROF. Trudeau has identified for Fns education funding, clean water, and increased standard of living. On the social/political side, nation to nation relationship, missing and murdered women inquiry and recognizing treaty rites. No where will you find specific reference to the ROF. The Ont Libs do not have the $1Bil allocated to the ROF and the IPO for Hydro One looks like it might ccome in $500Mil less that they had originally banked on. The mantra from the Wynne camp of "getting it right" will now focus on the FN standard of living issues as cover and the FNs will not allow advancement of the resource issue until the other issues are mandated and secured by both levels of gov't. The fed Libs had opportunity in the past to address these living standard issues and haven't exactly been successful so the FNs will be skeptical. Ironically, the MP(Nault) who defeated Rickford was actually the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the late 1990 - early 2000 Lib fed gov't.
Mantra stated by FN ( I think it was Moonias and subsequently by Bob Rae) years ago was "the ore isn't going anywhere". ROF will progress but not expecting anything substantive for at least a year. Not sure how KWG and for that matter NOT can continue to survive financially while the other issues are resolved.