The City and Fort William First Nation are teaming up to create an action plan on how to take advantage of the Ring of Fire. The plan encompasses the community's need for more industrial land, better infrastructure, and a workforce for future mining projects. Councillor Joe Virdiramo is defending their joint meeting with cabinet ministers at the Good Roads Conference saying money will eventually flow. Virdiramo feels they had the Cabinet Ministers' ears and funding will eventually come to help with the Ring of Fire project.