Two First Nations leaders were removed from Ontario’s legislative chamber on Wednesday after shouting at Premier Doug Ford over concerns about plans to expand mining operations on and around their lands in the so-called Ring of Fire region.

The province plans to build a road to the Ring of Fire and mine the large swath of land in northern Ontario that’s said to be rich in critical minerals, which the government wants to use in its push to build electric vehicles.

Global's Colin D’Mello reports on the government’s plans in the region and the confrontation in the chamber.

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