Friday, April 29, 2011

Candidates Debate Forestry


The forest industry started a heated discussion between the candidates in the Thunder Bay-Rainy River Riding at a debate in Thunder Bay last night.

Liberal Ken Boshcoff pointed out, during his time in office, the Liberals had come up with solutions to help the industry but after the 2008 election the Conservative Government didn't implement them.

Conservative Maureen Comuzzi-Stehmann placed blame on Liberal policies for the downturn in the forest industry.

NDP incumbent John Rafferty mentioned the played a role in getting mills the black liquor subsidy.