The New Faces of the NOHP
Leader of the Northern Ontario Heritage Party Edward Deibel is pleased to announce Charmaine Romaniuk will be representing the party in the riding of Kenora Rainy River, and Gerry Courville in the riding of Timiskaming-Cochrane in the upcoming provincial election.
Charmaine Romaniuk is a 26 year old metis student at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
She studies Anthropology with an inherent interest in the First Nations communities of Northwestern Ontario. Charmaine has taken an active role in becoming familiar with her own heritage and culture by learning about the spirituality and medicines that are within the Northern Ontario area. She recently was involved in an Archaeological field school which entailed the removal of ancient artifacts that were located within the route of the highway expansion happening north-east of Thunder Bay.
Ms Romaniuk was appointed to two municipal boards of trustees in November of 2010; the Lake of the Woods Museum Board, and the Municipal Heritage Board.
Charmaine was attracted to the Northern Ontario Heritage Party because of it's commitment to the people of Northern Ontario. " I would be the Region's representative at Queens Park than a Party representative to the region, which is why I put my name on this fall's ballot" says Ms Romaniuk.
To contact the NOHP's Candidate for Kenora Rainy River email:
charmaine@nohp.ca
Gerry Courville
Timiskaming- Cochrane Riding
Gerry and Blandine, his wife of 35 years, and their three children, Daniel, Eric, and Celeste are proud life long residents of Northern Ontario.
Gerry’s many years of experience cover a broad expanse of northern related fields in both government and private business. His experiences are as diverse as Northern Ontario itself, and include; municipal airport management, rural and native housing provision, water power development, mineral exploration, senior citizens transportation services, secondary manufacturing, Northern Ontario snowmobiling-tourism promotion,northern health care services and the successfulpreservation of northern jobs. Gerryhas volunteered countless hours on numerous, diversified boards based on his belief in public service.
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Written by Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM)
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So, they have a Growth Plan for the North!
Well, you would have a hard time convincing any of the employees of the ONR’s car refurbishment shop in North Bay of that. The 109 employees of that division of the Ontario Northland Railway are faced with potential lay off because of a decision of the Ministry of Transportation (MTO). They have awarded a refurbishment contract for 127 GO Transit rail cars to a Quebec firm rather than the ONR
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"By: Northern Ontario Business staff
Exports of Ontario power netted the province $31.3 million in May by trading electricity with the U.S. and other provinces.
In a June 9 release, the Ministry of Energy says Ontario has collected $136 million this year in total net export revenues.
Ontario is part of an interconnected North American power grid that allows the province to buy and sell electricity. The Independent Electricity System Operator operates the wholesale electricity market to balance the province's supply and demand.
The provincial grid is connected to Manitoba, Quebec, New York, Michigan and Minnesota. The government has collected $1.5 billion through exports since 2006.
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Northern Ontario Audit Electricity Rates
Why is this Government Keeping Northern Ontario In the Dark?
If the Ontario government can claim they exported $32.3 million in net revenues for the month of May you would think that they could tell us how much energy that actually represented. The question that begs to be answered is at what rate are we selling our energy to foreign industries? Northern Ontario Industry is moving and or expanding its operations to other provinces where electricity rates are “more affordable”. It would be a travesty to think that Xtrata can mill the Timmins ore in Quebec cheaper than in Ontario while still using Ontario electricity. It would be unthinkable that Tembec can stop production in Northern Ontario mill operations killing jobs and all the economic benefit associated with that operation while at the same time producing lumber in Quebec not only using Northern Ontario timber, but also using Northern Ontario’s exported electricity.
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