Three northeastern Ontario First Nations have filed a suit against the Ford government, alleging the province failed to properly consult them on plans for managing forests in their traditional territories.  The suit, filed Aug. 31 by the Chapleau Cree, Missanabie Cree and Brunswick House First Nations, asks a judge to overturn the Progressive Conservative government’s decision to dictate how a wide swath of boreal forest will be used for the next decade without doing an environmental assessment. The last environmental assessment of forests in Ontario happened in 1988, the same year the idea of climate change entered public consciousness.  “Our efforts to engage with Ontario have not worked, and the current approach to forestry in Ontario is resulting in the death of the boreal forest by a thousand cuts,” said Brunswick House First Nation Chief Cheryl St. Denis in a joint statement with all three nations.