TORONTO (CP) - After meeting the prime minister, Premier Dalton McGuinty says Ottawa now understands it has to end the aboriginal occupation in Caledonia.

McGuinty says Ontario is stuck with the cost of policing the occupation "indefinitely" until the federal government resolves the land claim. He says he made that clear to Prime Minister Stephen Harper during their recent meeting.

While Ottawa has not agreed to pay the $40 million cost of the occupation, McGuinty says he expects the feds to show determination to end the dispute.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Ramsay says he expects negotiations will move much faster now but won't say whether the dispute will be resolved this year.

A spokesperson for Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice says little has changed but the federal government will continue to sit at the negotiating table.

Six Nations protesters have occupied a former housing development site in the town outside of Hamilton since February.