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Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak announced today his commitment that a PC Government will repeal the damaging Bill 191 – The Far North Act – should the McGuinty Government pass it as written.
Bill 191 is a sweeping piece of Liberal legislation that will choke off 50 per cent of northern Ontario from future economic development at a time when northern Ontario families need new jobs and investment. This bad bill was rammed through the Ontario Legislature in 2009 without any consultation or accountability to the northern families and businesses. It comes up for final reading in September.
Hudak said the Ontario PC Caucus recognizes that charting a new course to northern jobs and growth must include northern input while striking a balance between economic growth and protection of our natural heritage, such as boreal forests. Hudak and Ontario PC Critic for Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, MPP Randy Hillier, are continuing to consult with northern Ontario families and business, municipal and First Nations leaders on ideas to create northern jobs and build the northern economy.
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–Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
–Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
Quick Facts
Organizations that oppose Dalton McGuinty’s Far North Act, include:
- Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities
- Ontario Prospectors Association
- Ontario Mining Association
- Ontario Forest Industries Assoc.
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation
- Metis Nation of Ontario
- Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- Ontario Real Estate Association
- Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce
- Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Dalton McGuinty has presided over the loss of 45,000 northern jobs and the closure of 60 mills.
