To access Ring of Fire, Ontario needs to build a road. Internal docs say its years away [Video]

A major portion of the road to the Ring of Fire won’t be ready to begin technical permitting and construction until at least 2028, internal government documents concede, in a potentially major delay for the province’s high-priority plan.

A road to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire in northern Ontario is at the centre of the Ford government’s economic strategy, relying on mining contracts to create jobs and prosperity in the face of tariffs from the United States.

It is also a key reason cited for the province’s controversial Bill 5, which is likely to become law by the end of the week, despite protests and the threat of blockades from First Nations leaders.

The minerals Ontario wants to access in the Ring of Fire, which include copper, platinum, palladium and nickel, are buried in an area more than 300 km north of the province’s existing highway network.

In order to …