Most times the devil is in the details.  Will be interesting to see FNs reaction who had previously denounced the changes that were perceived to be proposed.  This could be good or could be bad or, as in the past, be a big nothing burger.  Doesn't reference any direct funding of the project though.

3. Changes in the far north?

Every year, for a decade, under two parties, the government has promised to bring new prosperity and jobs to the province’s far north by investing in the Ring of Fire, a nickel and chromite deposit north of Thunder Bay that is currently inaccessible by road or rail. This year’s budget (and now the FES) are no exception. What is new in the FES are proposed changes to the Far North Act, which governs land-use planning and resource extraction in the province’s north. While the legislative text of the bill won’t be public until later on Thursday, the government says that the changes will increase the potential for new resource extraction in the north: “Example of significant legacy infrastructure projects that would benefit from the changes are the all-season roads for First Nation communities and mineral development opportunities in the Ring of Fire.” The government describes these moves as part of its plan to help provide critical minerals for the electric-vehicle sector and for other technologies but asserts that development will be done in collaboration with First Nations.