Paths to prosperity

We need a Premier who will take up the cause of the north and speak for it in the rest of the province, across the country and around the world. [...] There needs to be greater government commitment to both the protection of Ontario’s fish and wildlife resources and the promotion of recreational hunting and fishing. [...] This would result in the creation of thousands of jobs throughout the tourism and related sectors; it would generate significant new revenue through licensing and the ensuing taxation of new businesses and jobs. [...] The Ontario PC Caucus recognizes the importance of local partnerships to ensure that the core mandate of the Ministry of Natural Resources, namely the conservation, protection and management of Ontario’s natural resources in a fair, balanced and equitable manner is being achieved – a policy which unfortunately has not always been followed under the current government. [...] Before stainless steel, the mining and processing of Ontario’s mining can begin, a road or rail line will have to be chromite deposits could provide jobs and new tax developed to link the isolated mining sites to the rest of revenues for a hundred years.