Wednesday, April 14, 2010

NOACC meets in Sioux Lookout


The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce are meeting in Sioux Lookout. Chief Operating Officer Harold Wilson says a major issue at the gathering will be a request to the McGuinty government to scrap the Far North Act.  Wilson says the act would prevent First Nations from developing half the land in the far north. The featured speaker this year is federal Treasury Board President Stockwell Day.  Wilson says its a great opportunity to hear first hand how the federal government can work with the north to address issues here.