Premier Dalton McGuinty is defending his decision to move ahead with northern land development legislation over the objections of First Nations leaders.
He says there's been "extensive consultation'' over the Far North Act, which is slated for a third and final reading in the legislature tomorrow.
The bill would lock up to 42 per cent of Ontario's land mass from development, protecting 225,000 square kilometres of boreal forest.
But several aboriginal chiefs say the bill robs them of their treaty rights and doesn't give them a say in how their lands will be developed.
