New Party Proposed

There could be a new political party on the ballot in the next provincial election.

A petition is being distributed to help get the Northern Ontario Heritage Party off the ground.
Organizer Edward Deibel says it will lead to better policies reflecting northern needs.

"The main message that we want to send," says Diebel, "is this - a percentage, starting at 10 per cent, of our natural resources should be processed and manufactured to a finished end product in northern Ontario."

Deibel says part of the platform also includes placing levies on natural resources that leave the region to be used to help the regions education and health care programs.