Kenora appears before federal government
comittee.
Kenora's Weyerhaeuser mill manager Bill Candline appeared with
Kenora mayor Leonard Compton before a Federal Standing Committee of the
Department of Natural Resources, March 11, to discuss the future of the
forest industry
They expressed concern on the future of the forest industry and
what the federal government can do to help soften the blow to small
towns like Kenora.
They would like to see the scientific research and education tax
credits fully refundable to Canadian companies. The way it works now is
a company has to be profitable to take advantage of it.
The industry needs to be investing in research and making
improvements during both good times and bad, Candline said and the
government cannot help with many of the fundamental problems, like the
number of houses built in the U.S., but it should take action where it
can.
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