Respectfully f-451, I would draw the line at the responsibilities of what government does for people... so I Googled what Canadian Federal Government does and here is that answer: 

The federal government is responsible for implementing the legislation of the Canadian Parliament. The British North America Actgives Parliament responsibility over national defence, money, banking, bankruptcy, Aboriginal affairs, citizenship, marriage and divorce, shipping, railways, fisheries, interprovincial and international trade, the post office, criminal law, penitentiaries (which house prisoners serving sentences of two years or more), the census and statistics, weights and measures, patents, and copyrights.

Now I didn't look up Provincial government but I do know that the highways and road systems in Manitoba are under Provincial and Municipal government responsibilities.

Therefore, I submit that roads are a Government's responsibility. Manitoba Hydro is a 100% Provincial Government entity (for now) and Ontario still has their fingers in Ontario's electric grid. Therefore, I would expect some Government input for a power line. They are already spending 60something million dollars on a Fiber Communications line so what's more important in your opinion, high speed communication or the electricity the runs the devices that allow high speed communications?

My point is I expect government to do what they normally do and this would include roads, power and clean drinking water... Now I submit that statement with a caveat... There is a reason that there are no roads up to those 9 reserves before today. There is a very good reason why those roads will be put in over the next year or 2 and that is for the Ring of Fire. There is value there in the ground where the Government can recoup some or more than their input costs to that area. My caveat is thata responsible gov't does not spend Billions of dollars to build infrastructure for 8-10,000 people. I as a tax payer would not stand for it! For an example, what would stop me from building a home 150 miles north of any known infrastructure and demanding the Governments of the day to supply me with infrastructure?

So you have my opinion based on what I know the Governments actually do today. Supply a road and electricity (and a railway in the not too distant future) for this area and recoup the input costs with the taxes that you charge from the minerals taken to market... The company who stands to make 10's of Billions of dollars can find the money to build the mine and smelter...