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Hampton on forest issue 1

MPP Howard Hampton calls it a “non-announcement.”

Hampton was referring to the announcement today from the provincial government regarding the struggling forestry industry.

The leader of the NDP says the way the government is forcing the cost of electricity up for northern Ontario mills, it will be disasterous in the long run…

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O/C…that electricity.

This morning the province announced they would be injecting $350 million dollars in loans to the struggling forest industry to help with wood supply and rising energy costs.

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