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  • July 9, 2025
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Premier Doug Ford pitches railway to Ring of Fire; Alberta is on board
Ontario signed an agreement with Alberta to build infrastructure and energy corridors that include a possible railway to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, the premiers of both provinces announced on Monday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed two non-legally binding memorandums of understanding about increasing trade and building energy corridors, including commitments to build oil and natural gas pipelines to northern and southern Ontario.

Ford has been trying for years to build a critical mineral supply chain that would connect the mines in Northern Ontario to processing facilities further south. It was first part of his vision to create an electric vehicle battery supply chain, after significant investments in several plants in recent years.

Lately, Ford has been pitching mining the Ring of Fire region as another tool to fight U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war.

“New rail lines would connect Ontario’s Ring of Fire region, critical mineral mining projects and processing facilities to western Canadian ports as we build an end-to-end critical mineral supply chain,” Ford said Monday at the Calgary Stampede alongside Smith.

“This is how we diversify our trading partners, this is how we make ourselves less reliant on the United States.”

The two provinces will embark in the fall on a feasibility study on railways, pipelines and port projects.

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