Matawa chiefs are clearly aware of this recent ruling below....

You have to love the SEVEN to ZERO ruling....It's ummm..pretty clear to me...

If I were in the chiefs shoes...I'd be thinking of this ruling...

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/07/11/supreme_court_rules_against_first_nation_in_grassy_narrows_logging_case.html

In a 7-0 ruling released Friday, the high court dismissed the Keewatin appeal, ruling that Ontario has the right to “take up” lands in the treaty area in northwestern Ontario near Kenora, under provisions in Canada’s Constitution, and the interpretation of the treaty.

Assembly of First Nations Ontario regional Chief Stan Beardy called the ruling “very disappointing’’....