Ontario's new mines minister has a strong pedigree in mining
Expand. George Pirie, Ontario's new minister of mines, comes from a Northern Ontario family that has been part of the Porcupine mining camp for more than 100 years. Although Pirie is a newbie at Queen's Park as the newly elected MPP for Timmins, and a man with more than 35 years experience in the mining industry, he said he spent …