The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association wants to set up an agency to help build the economy of the region.
N.O.M.A. recently released a report called enhanding the economy of Northwestern Ontario, and one of the main recommendations was to set up a regional development authority.
Michael Power is president of N.O.M.A. and says they need to do something because neither the federal or provincial levels of government are.
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Power also wants the provincial government to give the region tax breaks and a regional energy policy to encourage business to set up in northwestern Ontario.
