The federal government is being urged to do more for the forest industry in northern Ontario.
NDP leader Jack Layton is touring the Kenora riding today and says he would like the government to develop a strategy not only to rescue the forest industry but to help it flourish again.
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Layton is critical of the Softwood Lumber Deal with the United States and blames it for a number of mill closures across northern Ontario.

