The area's MPP isn't impressed with the changes made to the McGuinty Government's cabinet.
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton says Monday's cabinet shuffle does little to improve the region's economy.
"It completely ignores the issues of northern Ontario," says Hampton. "We have some really big issues to deal with - natural resources, the forest sector, the mining sector - and we have a Minister of Natural Resources whose from southern Ontario and probably doesn't know the difference between a hardwood and a softwood."
Hampton is also critical of the Native Affairs portfolio being handed to Attorney General Chris Bentley, suggesting it shows the province isn't serious about first nations issues.
