HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"
NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)
Message: Rae becomes full time ROF man
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2013/06/19/bob-rae-resigns-as-mp-to-pursue-work-in-ring-of-fire-talks/
Rae resigns as MP to pursue work in Ring of Fire talks 
By Ian Shelton | Jun 19, 2013 11:18 am | 
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| 0 Comments Bob Rae, the erstwhile interim Liberal leader, has resigned as the MP for Toronto Centre.
Rae made the announcement after the Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday morning saying that he was forced to choose between staying on as an MP or continue his work as chief negotiator for the Matawa Tribal Council in their talks with Ontario over resource development in the Ring of Fire.
Rae had come under pressure to pick between the two roles ever since he revealed his new project earlier this year. In March, the federal conflict-of-interest commissioner cleared him of any potential ethical issues. Wednesday, though, Rae said it came down to a question of time and energy.
“The longer I spent time working with the members of the Matawa Tribal Council.. the clearer it became to me that as time goes on this is going to be a major undertaking,” Rae said.
Anticipating the questions to come, Rae said he had no doubt Justin Trudeau would be the next prime minister.
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As for his own future, he was unequivocal on one matter: “I will not be a candidate for the mayor of Toronto.”
Rae also reflected on the state of politics in Ottawa.
“I regret what’s happened to the House of commons and to politics. I think it has become more personal, has become nastier,” he said.
Rae, who was first elected to the House as a Liberal in March, 2008, had lost his bid to lead the party in 2006 but took the party’s reins after Michael Ignatieff’s resignation following a disatrous result in the 2011 general election, when the Liberals won just 34 seats.
His stewardship of the party during the difficult period following Ignatieff’s departure won him respect from many quarters for breathing life into a party reduced to third place in the House.
In April, former prime minister Paul Martin said Rae would be remembered as “one of the great leaders of the Liberal party.”
Trudeau echoed that sentiment Wednesday, adding that he was sad to see Rae go.
“I am personally sad,” Trudeau said. “I am not letting him go far. He will continue to be a friend and ally and resource for all Liberals in this country.”
Rae’s political career started, though, with the NDP as a member of Parliament between 1978 and 1982, when Ed Broadbent lead the party. Rae shifted to provincial politics in Ontario, eventually leading the provincial NDP and becoming premier in 1990, remaining until 1995.
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