Page 12 what it called a decade of misman agement The people of Ontario and Saskatch ewan can be certain that we will do everything in our power to protect our provinces industries from the jobkilling carbon tax that the federal government seeks to impose on our provinces The two provinces also criticized the CMMP for failing to deal with trade issues afecting uranium from Sas katchewan and steel and other met als from Ontario It still has no plan to ensure that companies can access international markets in a transpar ent stable and efective fashion They also blasted the federal gov ernment s Ottawa s Bill C69 which proposes to amend the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act They said the Bill would stop much of the progress we are seeking to create in northern Ontario throughout Sas katchewan and beyond A major concern with Bill C69 feared by the governments of On tario and Saskatchewan is the potential to use environmental as sessments as weapons against fu ture development They labelled it a shortsighted approach by the fed eral government that will curb de velopment eforts and prevent major development projects from getting of the ground Ontario and Saskatchewan con cluded that until those issues are addressed that are hurting Ca nadian families businesses and the national economy Ontario and Saskatchewan cannot endorse the CMMP Actions based on the CMMP objec tives will be discussed beginning In summer 2019 by Canada s Mines Ministers and industry to implement measures to guide the future of the mining sector The frst Action Plan will be released in 2020 and will in clude nearterm actions supported by current data rigorous research and analysis and input from stake holders and partners All actions will contribute to the visionthat Cana da is the leading mining nation For info on the CMMP v isithttps www minescanadacaencontent what canadianmineralsandmet alsplan For Ontario and Saskatchewan position visithttpsnewsontario camndmfen201903statement byontarioandsaskatchewanon thecanadianmineralsandmetals planhtml For info on the Mining Association of Canada position visithttpminingcanewsevents pressreleasescanadianminer alsandmet alsplanst epf orward c anadaE 28099s m ining s ec tor CMMP criticized for failing to deal with trade issues afecting Uranium Contd from pg 8