 On July 27, 1984, Canada contributed $4.4 million to Grassy Narrows for economic development and social service development/planning.In 1985, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed committing government and two companies (Reed Limited, and Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd.) to a one-time compensation payment.In 1986, the Government of Canada's "Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act" and the Government of Ontario's "English and Wabigoon River Systems Mercury Contamination Settlement Agreement Act", facilitated the creation of the Mercury Disability Fund (MDF) and the Mercury Disability Board, based in Kenora, Ontario.