"Last June, Rae announced he was leaving politics to serve as chief negotiator and counsel for the Matawa First Nations in talks with the Ontario government on Northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire. According to Renée Pelletier, managing partner of OLK, Rae will continue as chief negotiator for the Matawa First Nations, and his work with the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and First Nations Limited Partnership in B.C" http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/02/12/bob-rae-joins-toronto-basd-first-nations-and-aboriginal-law-firm/